School: Leamhach (Leigh)
- Location:
- Leigh, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Máighread Ní Mhuireagáin
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0553, Page 203
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- (continued from previous page)and its bothar na naom, adjoining represent the old Church of Thurles. When St Mary's went to the Prot. people believe that the next Cath. Church of Thurles was in Lot Scully's Yard - this structure later becoming a private School - when the Church preceding the present Cath. was built. St Mary's Cath. Church was once owned by the Monks of Abbingdon + in its time one of them mortgaged it to Italian merchants. After the dissolution of the Mon, it was handed over to Mr Howell + then to Piers Walsh + his family
- In 1437 Rich. O Hedian a bishop of Cashel got from James Earl of Ormonde safe conduct for all pilgrims who visited Thurles 3 days before and 3 days after the Feast of the Assumption. Mass must be said in the open and the Mass Tree at Lady's Well may be much older than the Penal Days.
