School: Yellow Furze
- Location:
- Yellow Furze, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Síle, Bean Uí Leamhain
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- In Rollenstown a half mile from Beauparc Station there is a cave in a field.
It is fairly large and there are 3 apartments in it.
One would have to crawl on ones hands and knees for about 7 or 8 yards and then one could stand up.
It would hold about 20 or 30 people.
In that place the priests used to say Mass in Penal days.
There is very bad air in it and one would have to bring fresh water in and a light also.
This cave is to be seen yet and it is beyond in a feild which belongs to Mr. Austin.
In that time it was called "The Priest's Cave",
People say that priests were buried in it in olden times.There is also a mind in Mr. Austin's(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Veronica Quinn
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Miss Donnelly
- Gender
- Female
