School: Kilmore (roll number 13010)

Location:
Kilmore, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Eilís, Bean Uí Cheallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0204, Page 370

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  1. An old woman told me, that about ninety years ago there were no chapels in this district only the bog chapel which was built of mud. Into this chapel all the people of this district gathered together to hear the Holy Mass and to pray to God. Before mass the Rosary was said and every one was in time for the Rosary although many of them had to walk ten miles or more and some of them came on horse back. The women rode behind on straw pillions. There is no mark of where the bog chapel was built but the spot is well known by the people. It is situated in the town land of Ballinamona. In 1780 the people in the bog chapel were asked for linen for the French soldiers who were at war with Prussia. This shows that linen was made in the district long ago.
    Supplied by Francis McLoughlin 55years
    Written by Tessie McLoughlin, Killadiskert.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. historical and commemorative structures (~6,794)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Tessie Mc Loughlin
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Francis Mc Loughlin
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    55
    Address
    Killadiskert, Co. Leitrim
  2. There was a woman that died in the neighbourhood of Bog Chapel. She came back and she used to sit by the fireside with her husband and used to go to the bog with him, and out in the field with him. She used to speak to no
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.