School: Rush Hall, Mountrath (roll number 12231)
- Location:
- Rush Hall, Co. Laois
- Teacher: P. Ó Lochlainn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0825, Page 350
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- (continued from previous page)a second but when he looked again the Leprachawan was gone money and all.
- In the Penal Times when the Catholic Faith was being crushed in Ireland and our Priests were hunted from place to place.With a price on their heads for what was then known as a crime to say mass in an old pit in Rushall now owned by Patrick Sawyer. The faithful did gather and the Priest offered mass contrary to the law and it is still called the mass pit.
- One time there was a man he had two(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Edward Hanlon
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 56
- Occupation
- Labourer
- Address
- Rush Hall, Co. Laois
