School: An Corr Dubh (roll number 14339)

Location:
Corduff, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Pádraig Mac Giolla'n Átha
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    never heard of a priest being killed or taken prisoner here, but at the Mass rock in Carrigallen town, Father O'Flynn was shot by the bullets of Queen Elizabeth's soldiers. These good priests kept the faith alive in Ireland.
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  2. During the penal days in Ireland the people of Ireland were down-trodden by the English. They were not allowed to practise their religion. The priests were not allowed to say Mass. The Irish people were forced to leave their land and go into the woods and mountains. The priests had to say Mass in caves in the hills and mountains. The lands that were taken from the Irish people were given to protestants, who came over from England and Scotland. If priests were got saying Mass they were taken prisoners and the priest hunters as they were called would shoot them and then burn their bodies. This trouble lasted for a period of about three hundred years. The priests and Catholic people
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