School: Bennekerry, Carlow
- Location:
- Binn an Choire, Co. Cheatharlach
- Teacher: Liam Ó hAodha
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- (continued from previous page)the bushes. If the soldiers caught him they would behead him. They used to say Mass in Mrs Boakes field, Rutland.
- There is a Mass Stone in a field at Pollerton, where Mass used to be said. Hundreds of people used to come there to hear Mass. The priest would gather a few young men from the district. These would watch while the priest offered up the Mass, using the rock as an alter.
- Collector
- John Moran
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Na Cnoic Arda, Co. Cheatharlach
- In the Townsland of Glenogue in the parish of Rathoe there is a large stone which is believed to be one of the Rock Altars, on which priests used to say Mass. This stone is called the Cluck-a-
Stucka stone. Old people of the present day maintain that the priests of those days had some of the sacred Vessels buried under this stone to save them.- Collector
- Mary Byrne
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Baile Bhúiséir, Co. Cheatharlach