School: Baile Locha Riabhach (Clochar)
- Location:
- Loughrea, Co. Galway
- Teacher: An tSr. M. Proinnsias
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0060, Page 0194
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- (continued from previous page)undertaking. For this he was instantly denounced to the Privy Council by an Apostate spy, who accused him of being responsible in the matter and intending to establish two Convents a Loughrea to serve as fortresses against the State Church in the West of Ireland. This time action was taken by the Castle Authorities. The Prior considered it his duty to admonish the Community of the impending hour of trial, forseeing that the Supreme Sacrifice might be extracted from any, or all of them in defence of the True Faith. As a matter of fact, within a few months 27 A.D. January 1674. We find Blessed Oliver Plunket writing to say That - "all the Convents and Moritiates were destroyed and the Novices scattered throughout the country". The future martyr himself was then among the fugitives. An Edict of Bamshment against the Catholic Clergy both secular and regular, was, as usual, the means adopted by the Government as the most effective method of enforcing all the Penal Laws. The long threatened persecution against the Catholics (1674) was in, this year let loose in all its fury. The Clergy were everywhere obliged to fly to the woods and mountains to seek a refuge (1679). This year witnessed a renewal of the persecution in all its fury(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Rev. Father Francis
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Loughrea, Co. Galway
