School: Seosamh Naomhtha (roll number 16640)
- Location:
- Ballyshannon, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: An Bráthair Naiti
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“To the south of Abbey Assaroe there is a little river that flows by the (river) mill in the harbour.”
To the south of Abbey Assaroe there is a little river that flows by the mill into the harbor. On its north bank just below the graveyard there is a glen called “Catsby”. In the glen there are two caves, one with a mass-stone where mass was read during penal times and the other is said to be the entrance to an old copper mine.During penal times a priest was reading mass there one Sunday. The military, who had a barrack in the town, heard of this and came to arrest him but he escaped into the mine. A drummer-boy followed him and the military waited for some time but he nor the priest never returned and were never heard of since.
- Collector
- Donal Stephens
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballyshannon, Co. Donegal
- Informant
- Edward Senior Doogan
- Relation
- Not a relative
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 92
- Address
- Ballyshannon, Co. Donegal