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School: Piercetown (B.) (roll number 4990)

Location:
Piercetown, Co. Wexford
Teacher:
Maitiú Ó Cléirigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0879, Page 278

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    them while they were in Wexford. special Mass was said at ten o'clock in Piercestown on Sundays for them. The Militia used march to this Mass led by two bands.
    About one hundred yards from Rathjarney there is a field known as the Cock Field. It was used for sport known as cock fighting. At that time the people bred cocks for fighting. It was forbidden by law at that time to hold cock fights in public. Thus they brought them to isolated places at dawn.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Peter Murphy
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballyfinoge Great, Co. Wexford