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1. The Burning of Crosserlough Old Chapel

   

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   There was an old chapel in Crosserlough and it was burned on Saturday 26th February 1881
   It was a slated building shaped like a cross with three galleries inside.
   The burning was caused by a pan of coals which were left under the organ to heat it.
   The burning was going on during Saturday night and it was not found until Sunday morning by the people going to mass. When it was found there was great confusion. There were great exertions made by the people to save the part that was not yet burned but it was unsuccessful. The roof was all burned and there was nothing left but the four gaunt walls.
   The Masses were celebrated in the old school during the time that the new church was being erected. The school was north west of the second selected graveyard.

   Here is a rhyme composed at that time about the burning of the old chapel and the erecting of the new one.
   You Catholics of fame
   I pray yo w'ont me blame
   Nor on me bring a stain,
   For the verses here I write
   Ere his only bishop died
   He was his only pride,
   He found hera true when tried
   When he built Saint Patrick's College

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   Topics

   1. events
      1. hardship (~1,565)
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   Language

   English

   Collector

   Andrew Bray

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   13

   Informant

   Owen Mc Cabe

   Relation

   Relative (other than parent or grandparent)

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   70

   Address

   Latnadronagh, Co. Cavan