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School: Baile Aodha (B.), Inis (roll number 13418)

Location:
Ballyea, Co. Clare
Teacher:
Tomás Ó Mathúna
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    The Penal Days
    Long ago no Irish person was allowed to have any rights such as possessing a valuable farm, or having a valuable horse and were deprived of teaching in the schools or saying Mass in the Churches.. There was an end put to this when Daniel O'Connell succeeded in getting Catholic Emancipation. Before that if any Priest was captured saying Mass in a church or elsewhere he was put to death immediately and also those who were found with him, because they were disobeying the English rules which were trying to destroy the Catholic Religion. The priests were always hiding in caves and woods for fear they would be killed except when they came looking out for food and to say Mass. There is a cave about two miles from our house in the side of a cliff in Mr Lynch's land which priests are said to have hidden from the
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    Topics
    1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. penal times (~4,335)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Brendan Walle
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Lot Malone
    Age
    86
    Address
    Barnanageeha, Co. Clare