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School: Cluain Mhurchais (Hollyford) (roll number 13847)

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Hollyford, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Liam Ó Donnchadha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0542, Page 294

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    Mass-paths are so called because people used them when going to mass. Those paths have been used for generations and they are as beaten as the roads.
    In olden days when there was no means of travelling except by foot people used take the shortest route to mass, and chose paths were regarded as something sacred.
    Nobody would think it right to build a house on those paths or to use it for any other purpose.
    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
    Eilís Ní Aodha
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Reafadda, Co. Tipperary
    Informant
    Martin Hayes
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Reafadda, Co. Tipperary