School: An Bháinseach (C.) (roll number 11965)

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   “Many stories are told of the underground passage leading from Athassel Abbey in which the monks used to take refuge refuge when oppressed.”

   

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   Many stories are told of the underground passage leading from Athassel Abbey in which the monks used to take refuge when oppressed. After the time of Henry VIII the monks were order- ed to disperse. When the soldiers came to Athassel to get any in- formation the could about the monks from the people in the neighbourhood, the people had been told to tell them nothing. An old maid who supplied the monks with milk told the soldiers all she knew about them. The soldiers said she would get a reward of ten pounds. Her plan was - to spill milk along the path which led to the door of the cave. She did so. One of the monks chanced to see her, he told his com- rades who with him fled to Cashel. The soldiers came and followed the path which the milk had been spilt on, when they reached the cave door they smashed it in. To their surprise all they saw inside was the four stone walls, although the most beautiful Altars and carvings were there those cruel men saw nothing.

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   Topics

   1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
         1. penal times (~4,335)
   2. objects
      1. man-made structures
         1. historical and commemorative structures (~6,794)

   Language

   English

   Informant

   Mrs Margaret Power

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   76

   Address

   Bansha, Co. Tipperary