School: Coiscéim (B.) (roll number 3886)

Location:
Kishkeam Lower, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Tadhg Ó Ceallacháin
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  1. If any priest was caught saying mass the head would be cut off him and put on a gate. The priests used to say mass in lonely glens and in houses. The "Stations" that are held in the houses are the relic of penal days. When the people could not afford mass or have a priest to say mass they used to collect a number of people and they would say the Rosary in the homes. There was no church in any village at that time. The churches were burned and knocked down.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. penal times (~4,335)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Patrick Cronin
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Glenreagh, Co. Cork
    Informant
    Hannah Cronin
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    50
    Address
    Glenreagh, Co. Cork