School: Achadh Bolg (roll number 3588)

Location:
Aghabullogue, Co. Cork
Teacher:
(name not given)
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    in the penal days. This rock is in the vicinity of Ballinamoirive where we are told people used to hear mass in the penal days kneeling on one knee for they used to have to watch behind them as well as before them lest the soldiers would attack them unawares. We have here in this parish of Aghabullogue two places where we are told chapels used to be in the penal days the remains are still to be seen in stones etc. One is at a place called Knockrour and the other at Woodfield both in this parish. The old roads leading to the chapels although not used as throughfares are still intact. The farmers through whose lands these old roads run do not interfere with them although they are more or less useless at the present day. We had a protestant church in Aghabullogue which we were told was a catholick one in the penal days. This church forty years ago was attended by a large number of protestants but they have all practically dissapeared from the place and the church or building was sold out by auction. It is now levelled to the ground. This church was in the burial ground. There was in the burial ground also a hut where the Royal
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    Topics
    1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. penal times (~4,335)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Margaret Creedon
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mr T. T. Murphy
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    65
    Address
    Coolineagh, Co. Cork