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School: Soran, Longford (roll number 14683)

Location:
Soran, Co. Longford
Teacher:
Wilfred O'Callaghan
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0759, Page 224

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    Long ago priests were not allowed to offer sacrifice in a church. If a priest was caught saying Mass he would be killed. So in order to keep the true religion alive in Ireland the priest had to say out behind a hedge on the top of a hill where there would be a good view all around the country to see if there were priest-hunter after them.
    Generally the priest would get a stone-flag and place it like a bench so that he could leave the sacred vessels on. Any priest that was caught saying Mass was brought to the hills of Fore.
    There, a crowd of soldiers would get a barrel in which
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Patrick Gilna
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Soran, Co. Longford
    Informant
    Michae lMc Keon
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    80
    Address
    Soran, Co. Longford