School: Newtown, Kells (roll number 5053)
- Location:
- Newtown (Shea), Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: (name not given)
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- In the years 1700 when a priest was shot if caught saying Mass a priest always practised the Catholic Religion in the parish of Dunnanaggin.
He had a big trunk of a tree for an altar and his vestments were hidden in a slit at he foot of this.
This trunk can still be seen in a field owned by(continues on next page)- Collector
- Michael Duncan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Goodwinsgarden, Co. Kilkenny
- Informant
- Thomas Dungan
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 60
- Address
- Goodwinsgarden, Co. Kilkenny