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   said and there is to be seen yet an altar at Louth Hall where the priests used to be saying mass. When the priests would be saying mass there would be one or two men watching to see if the soldiers would be coming and if they were they would go away to hide

   Written by Angela Martin 11th January 1938
   Told Mrs Martin 10th January 1938
   Reaghstown, Ardee

   

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2. Mass Paths

   

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   Mass Paths In 1798 the priests had no chapels to say mass in, they would have to say mass in lonely places safe from the English so that the people had to go long journeys to hear mass; There was one of the places near Reaghstown and the old stone path leading to it is still called the mass pass; Some distance away a few miles there stands the remains of a rock used by the Priests which is to be seen yet. There was a monastery in Louth and it was burned by the English but the monks escaped.

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   Language

   English

   Collector

   John Durnin

   Gender

   Male

   Informant

   Patrick Durnin

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Reaghstown, Co. Louth