School: Páirc Árd (High Park) (roll number 11431)

Location:
Carrowgilhooly, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Eoghan Ó Conaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0169, Page 276

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  1. A mass rock is situated in the townland of Halfquarter parish of Skreen county Sligo.
    It stands on the top of a hill about 220 yeards from the public road between Sligo and Ballina. I penal days Mass used to be celebrated on it. The face of Our Lord is cut out on the stone. The land on which it is situated came into the hands of a
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    2. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. penal times (~4,335)
    3. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. historical and commemorative structures (~6,794)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary O' Connell
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Carrownaboll, Co. Sligo
    Informant
    Miss A. Gilhooly
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    65
    Address
    Carrownaboll, Co. Sligo