School: Skerries (St. Patrick's : Boys) (roll number 16332)

Location:
Skerries, Co. Dublin
Teacher:
T. Mc Namee
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    In the Penal Times
    There was a "Mass-house" at Baldungan (about a mile outside Skerries) which was administered by a Father Clarke, "a Mass-priest," who also kept a hedge-school. Mass was said in the house of one Nicholas Fitzwilliam.
    There was also a "Mass-house" at Hacketstown which is mentioned in a Government return ordered by the House of Lords in 1731. It had its own priest. A silver chalice still extant, was presented to the Chapel by Col. R. Arthur and his wife Helen, 1728, and bears the inscription:
    "Pray for the souls of Colonel R. Arthur and his
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    Topics
    1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. penal times (~4,335)
    Language
    English