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

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Piercetown, Co. Wexford
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Maitiú Ó Cléirigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0879, Page 333

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  1. An Old Ruin

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    Rathaspeck was a parish long ago.
    It consisted of twenty one townlands.
    Rathasbuig in original language was the name of the parish which means,
    "Rath of the bishop".
    No account shows who the bishop was.
    This catholic church has disappeared, and a protestant church is built in the same place.
    The church is built on a high piece of land, which was evidently a fort, from which the first part of the name is derived.
    The only remains of the catholic church is an old baptismal font, which was on the south west of the graveyard. It is in the present protestant church now. Tradition tells us that the font was carried out, and it went back again into the church.
    The font is about two feet high and nine inches deep. It is formed of granite.
    The protestant children are baptized in
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. historical and commemorative structures (~6,794)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Dick Neill
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Redmondstown, Co. Wexford