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School: Cnoc Breac

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New Inn, Co. Galway
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M. Ó Maoldúin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0045, Page 0368

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  1. A Story of the Penal Times

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    A Story of Penal Times
    The townland of Coraneena is situated not far from the town of Kilconnell in a lonely wooded district west of the town.
    In the farm which was but recently divided, the spot is still pointed out with pride where the priest said mass for the people during the dark days when the Penal laws rendered such a deed a crime. At that time priests were scarce so the people gathered there from a wide radius for the forbidden priviledge of hearing Holy Mass.
    The story told how
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. penal times (~4,335)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kevin Higgins
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Derrynamanagh, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Thomas Melody
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    73
    Address
    Corrabaun, Co. Galway