School: Drumshanbo (roll number 16846)
- Location:
- Drumshanbo, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Cathal Ó Buadhacháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0220, Page 304
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- In the Penal Days catholics were persecuted and forbidden to hear mass. The priests when found were put to death. They could'nt say mass in the churches but they said mass in the mountains and fields, at dawn of day or at night.
Mrs Gray Drumshanbo Co. Leitrim told me that mass was said in Francis McCartans field in Drumshanbo, Co. Leitrim. The stone served as an altar and the people knelt on the bare ground, and one of them stood on a neighbouring hill to see if the English were coming.
Michael Gray, Drumshanbo, Co. Leitrim told me about a brave woman who lived in Anskirt in the Co.Leitrim. Her house was raided by a priest hunter. When leaving he asked for a drink(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Bernard Duffy
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Drumshanbo, Co. Leitrim
- Informant
- Michael Gray
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Drumshanbo, Co. Leitrim
- Informant
- Mrs Gray
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Drumshanbo, Co. Leitrim
