1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Virginia (B)

School: Virginia (B)

Location:
Virginia, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
E. Ó Raghallaigh
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1001, Page 070

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1001, Page 070

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: Virginia (B)
  2. XML Page 070
  3. XML “In the Penal Times”
  4. XML “In the Penal Times”
  5. XML “In the Penal Times”

Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.

On this page

  2. In the Penal Times

    Share Share Post
    In this district during the Penal Days the laws were pressed very hard. Mass had to be said in rocks. There is a Mass Rock on Murmod Hill in Mr. Brady's land. There are steps leading up to the rock which is on a height. The Rock is surrounded by trees. There was a guard placed outside in the land beside the rock during Mass to give warning if the Redcoats were coming.
    Bishop Campbell, bishop of Kilmore came to this town disguised as a beggar and playing a fiddle. He administered the Sacrament of Confirmation at the Mass Rock in Mr. Brady's land. He also converted a lot of people in this district/
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit