1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Streamstown

School: Streamstown (roll number 15291)

Location:
Streamstown, Co. Westmeath
Teacher:
S. Garland
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0734, Page 082

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0734, Page 082

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: Streamstown
  2. XML Page 082
  3. XML “Priest Hunter”
  4. XML “In the Penal Days”

Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.

On this page

  1. Priest Hunter (continued)

    Share Share Post
    You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.
    (continued from previous page)
    Cancel
    Transcription guide »
    By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution.

  2. In the Penal Days

    Share Share Post
    Oh Weep those days, those Penal days
    When Godless persecution reigned.
    There are still many relics in this neighbourhood which remind us of those dark Penal Days. In a field owned by Thomas Sheerin in the townsland of Jamestown and in the parish of Castletown, there is an old fort in which Mass was celebrated in the Penal days. The track of the altar where Mass was said is still to be seen in this fort. This altar is surrounded by bushes
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit