1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. An Ghráinseach, Mainistir Fhearmuighe

School: An Ghráinseach, Mainistir Fhearmuighe (roll number 12700)

Location:
Grange West, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Pádraig Ó Díomsaigh
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0377, Page 177

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0377, Page 177

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: An Ghráinseach, Mainistir Fhearmuighe
  2. XML Page 177
  3. XML “The Penal Days”

Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.

On this page

  1. The Penal Days

    Share Share Post
    In the parish of Kilworth near Fermoy Co Cork there lived during the penal times a priest named Fr McCarthy. He was hunted by soldiers and priest hunters and was forced to hide in the glens and mountains from his enemies. He was constantly watched by spies who saw him hiding and reported his whereabouts to the enemy.
    At last the English found out every haunt and hiding place of his and they sent soldiers to the hiding places to guard them and to capture Fr. McCarthy if they could. After some time he was captured and cast into prison and shot later.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. penal times (~4,335)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    John Kiely
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Grange West, Co. Cork
    Informant
    John Kiely
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    41
    Address
    Grange West, Co. Cork