School: Druim Mór (roll number 16349)
- Location:
- Dromore, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: John Noonan
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- Another Story of Penal TimesNear Cavan there is a rock at which mass was said in Penal times.
Once when a priest was saying Mass there, the English captured him.
They placed him in a barrel and placed a lid on it.
They drove long nails into the barrel.
The barrel was then taken to the top of a height and was rolled down.The nails penetrated the priests body and in this way he was done to death.
The rock is known to this day as the "Priest's Rock"
- How a Mass-Server Saved a PriestOne day a priest was saying mass on a rock hear a barn.
The soldiers surrounded the place and there was no chance of escape.
The mass-server was a brave and clever youth and he resolved to save the priests life.
He quickly donned the priests vestments.
The soldiers mistook him for the priest and shot him. - Collector
- Patrick Bonner
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