School: Riverchapel (roll number 15367)
- Location:
- Riverchapel, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: Brighid Ní Dhonnchadha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0888, Page 044
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- A part of Cromwell's army passed along the sea-road in the district on his way to Wexford.
They heard about a number of people who were in hiding at a place called Laburmum Hollow near Killena and murdered them.
Some of the old people still call the place Murderer's Hollow.In the Penal Days there was a chapel by the River Ounavarra in the wood between Bolaney and Ballinatray. A foot-stick led across the river to the Chapel and in rainy weather when there would be a flood in the river the people had to hear Mass from the other side. It was called the Riverchapel.
That is also how the present village of Riverchapel got its name after the chapel was removed to the village.
- Collector
- Sarah Maguire
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 14
- Address
- Riverchapel, Co. Wexford
- Informant
- James Murphy
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 70
- Address
- Riverchapel, Co. Wexford
