School: An Scairbh (C.)
- Teacher: Máiréad, Bean Mhic Eoin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0591, Page 015
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“There lived not long ago in the town of Scariff a great sportsman named Paddy Whyte...”
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“I heard a story of an old cave situated on the side of a hill outside the village of Gort...”
I heard a story of an old cave situated on the side of a hill outside the village of Gort, but Clare really claims this cave. Great events are supposed to have taken place in that cave during the Penal Times. A priest in hiding was caught and executed on the spot while on an other occasion while on an other occasion while the Red Coats were searching for a priest a great portion of rock fell in on them killing a great number of them. Mass also used to be celebrated here and this old cave also served as a hide out for the Irish down through the centuries.
On the side of a hill in Cappabane outside Scariff a Mass rock is seen. Here the priests in Penal Times held Mass when(continues on next page) - Collector
- Georgina Slaterry
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Dave Touhy
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 75
- Address
- Waterpark, Co. Clare