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School: Béal Átha Fhinghín (B.)

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Ballineen, Co. Cork
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Beircheart Seártan
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0310, Page 229

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  1. Mass Rock (continued)

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    tackling it again with a new drill and Danny Coughlan (1) saw us at it. He was going north for a load of turf. He shouted out to leave the rock alone. His mother had told him that Mass was said there. We hadn't ever heard about it, but Mary Kane (2) said she heard the old people say it was a Mass rock. So we left it alone. You'd hardly ever find drills breaking on you as they did that day. There was something in it of course."
    (see end of page for footnotes on Danny Coughlan and Mary Kane )
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  2. Mass Rock

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    Topics
    1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. penal times (~4,335)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Patrick Lordan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    14
    Address
    Lissacroneen, Co. Cork

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    “1 Died 1915 Lived in locality all his life...”

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    (1) Died 1915. 80
    Lived in locality all his life. Family belonged to district
    (2) Mrs. OMahony Kane. Died 1910. 70. Husbands family belonged to locality. Family name OMahony. Kane is a "nickname" ~ refers to family's descent from Clan na mBeann Óir accorging to some. "Cain" is a common [?] name in family,
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