School: Baile an Chaisleáin, PortLáirge (roll number 15841)

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1. In the Penal Times

   

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   There was a mass path from Ballynattin through Tom Powers field and straight into The Catholic Church in Drumcannon. Mass was said here in this chapel every morning. This was a very large chapel. It was a very popular church even during the time when the Penal laws were very strictly enforced. The inside of it can be still seen in a fairly good state of preservation. The out-side walls are still standing and are over grown with ivy. Two priests who always said mass there were often on their keeping. British soldiers often pursued them they often his themselves in Qullia Covert where there is a very large rock. This rock was once a cave. Some priests said mass in the houses

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   Topics

   1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
         1. penal times (~4,335)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Christina Rockett

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Drumcannon, Co. Waterford

   Informant

   Mr James Rockett

   Relation

   Unknown

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Drumcannon, Co. Waterford