Scoil: Loughteague, Stradbally (uimhir rolla 6129)
- Suíomh:
- Leacht Tíog, Co. Laoise
- Múinteoirí: Brigid Keane Brighid Ní Chatháin
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Bailiúchán na Scol, Imleabhar 0837, Leathanach 114
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- Present chapel situated in Ratheniska or Raheenanisky at meeting point of Raheenanisky, Coolnacarrick and Powellstown townlands.
Built in 1800 of stone with slated roof.
Grant given by Wilson Fitzpatrick (brother of Lord Castletown, the landlord) to obtain votes from tenantry for Parliamentory election. Stone slab bearing inscription "Be it remembered that the Rev. Hon. John Wilson Fitzpatrick was a munificent
Shape cruciform I benefactor of this chapel - 1856"
Floor - large stone flags.
Altar at eastern end so that priest faces the east when reading mass.Graveyard around chapel about an acre in extent.
Six flat tombstones, remainder upright.
Oldest inscription in English
No Irish or Latin inscriptions
First internment made about 1880 or 1879
No charge for grave plots. Generally only natives of this locality are buried here - all Catholics.
Foot of coffin is always pointed to east: all tombstones face due east.
Some say the chapel was thatched originally and had only clay floor, and that slated roof and flagged floor were put in by donation of Wilson Fitzpatrick in or after 1856.(leanann ar an chéad leathanach eile)
