School: Lisín na hEilte (Buachaillí)

Location:
Lisheennaheltia, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Pádraic Ó Séadhacháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0017, Page 117

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0017, Page 117

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  1. A few centuries ago probably in the eighteenth the penal laws were in force in Ireland. The penal laws were certain laws or obligations put on the Irish by the English.
    There was a number of English soldiers in Ireland in search of priests and Catholics to persecute them. There was a reward of five for a priests head and ten pounds for a Bishops to the person who have any information where the priest of Bishop were hiding. So for that reason they could not dress in their ordinary they had to dress as a working man.
    There are certain places in which mass was read one of which was in Lisheenaheilta. The place where mass was read in Lisheen.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. penal times (~4,335)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Thomas Ward
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Lisheennaheltia, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Walter Finneagan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    79
    Address
    Lisheennaheltia, Co. Galway