School: Baile an Bhuitléirigh, Tigh Molaga
- Location:
- Butlerstown, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Mícheál Ó Muimhneacháin

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- There was an old Roman Catholic Church in Butlerstown in 1886. It was knocked down in the year 1887 and the present school was built in its place. The church was at the eastern end of the village. It was 50 ft. in length, and 25 ft broad. It had a slated roof and a flaged floor. The altar was in the centre and there was an iron railing all round it. The seats were common, something like a chair. The priest's name was Father Barry. Mrs Brien, an old woman at present living in the village, was confirmed there by Bishop O Hea. There were two other priests in the parish also. The sermons were preached in Irish and the confessions were also heard in Irish. When the people used to come to Mass, they used to bring their shoes hanging around their necks, and they used to put on the shoes before they used to go into Mass. They used to take them off again when they used to come out. Some of the slates of the old chapel were used to cover houses in the yard of Mr Mattthew Whelton's present premises. Two Masses one Sunday, one Mass the next Sunday and so on. On the wall opposite the Church no grass ever grew, because people sat on the top of it putting on their shoes. It was when the new chapel was built that the old chapel was thrown down and the new school built. Masses were(continues on next page)