School: Lismacaffry
- Location:
- Lismacaffry, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: Ml. Ó Gamhna
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0739, Page 342
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- (continued from previous page)to mass down that tunnel. Although the Delameres and the Nugents went to mass and were Catholics the priests and the Catholics had to hide from the soldiers and the priests had to say mass in a private place.
The potestants kept the Registrar book in a private place in the old church. All the births and marriages were written in the registrar with copper plate. when the church in Boherquill was built the registrar was burnt.
During that time the Protestants were allowed to keep a registrar book but the Catholics were not. So the Catholics kept the Registrar book in a private place in the old church. All the births and marriages were written in the registrar with copper plate. Then they were removed from the old church when Boherquill church was built and brought to Boherquill church where it was burnt
- Informant
- James Carirgy
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 56
- Address
- Chancery, Co. Westmeath
