2. Another place where Mass was celebrated was under a white thorn tree in a hollow near the farmyard in Mount Wolseley demesne now in possession of the Patrician Brothers. The Wolseleys cut the tree down but it has grown again since that time.
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During the Penal Times Mass was said on the hillside while members of the congregation kept watch for the approach of the English yeomen. The Altar consisted of a square stone about two & a half feet high & about & about three feet square on top. These stones were called "Mass Stones"
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