School: An Gort Mór (roll number 8984)
- Location:
- Gortmore North, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: Máire Nic Cárrain
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- (continued from previous page)the hall during the night when the people were sleeping. They never knew that the Tans were about until they heard them giving a couple of shots when they were going away. In a short time afterwards they did the same thing with the Barrack. The guards were forced to run for their lives. There were no lives lost by a mear chance.
There are the ruins of an old house or Chapel which in former days was a place of interest. This place is a small distance from our house in the townland of Knocknagratt. The owner of it is Mr Dunwoody of Saloo. I visited the place one Sunday during the Summer. It seems to be a very old ruin. You would never think it was anything unless you were told. There are a great deal of big flat stones which in olden times represented tomb stones. There is still the height of the graves above the field level. There is one stone with a square hole cut out in it and this is supposed to be the holy water stand.
There is a stone with letters cut out on it. It is supposed to be the place where the priests said Mass in olden times. There is also a big square flag which served as an Altar. It is in the ditch and a hole cut in the ditch where the priest placed(continues on next page)
- Collector
- May Mc Gorman
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Mullaglassan, Co. Monaghan
- Informant
- Máire Ní Ghormáin
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 48
- Address
- Mullaglassan, Co. Monaghan
