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School: Knocknagilla

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Knocknagillagh, Co. Cavan
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T. Mac Giolla Críost
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0979, Page 263

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    In my district there is a mass rock. It is in Mrs Smith's farm at Drumgora, convenient to the Dublin road. Mass was said here in the Penal times, and most of the people in the parish went to it.
    The priest came to say mass dressed as a travelling musician, and the people had a lot of respect for him. Soldiers hunted the priests, and, if they caught them, they put them to death. Priests said mass in houses often.
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    Topics
    1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. penal times (~4,335)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Dan Smith
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    James Lynch
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Mullymagowan, Co. Cavan

  2. In the Penal Times

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    There was a "Mass Rock" in Carrick na Vedan. It was used from early times. There was a spy buried in the bog under the rock.
    There was a "Mass Path" going up next Owen Smiths. There was an "Old Church" under the "Mass Rock".
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