School: Glanworth (B.) (roll number 4837)
- Location:
- Glanworth, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Liam Ó Ríoghbhardáin
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- In the townland of Moneen, Glanworth, Co. Cork. There is a field called "Páirc na hAltórach". There are large stones in this field called "The Druid's Altar."
It is said that there is an underground passage to a graveyard in a field called the "Carrigawn. It is said that mass was celebrated on "The Druid's Altar" during the "Penal Times"
When the soldiers would be near, the people used escape by the underground passage.
- Collector
- Timothy Barry
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballylegan, Co. Cork
- Informant
- Mr David Fitzgibbon
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 70
- Address
- Ballylegan, Co. Cork
