School: Belvoir, Kilkishen
- Location:
- Belvoir, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Bríd Ní Chadhla
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0586, Page 046
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- The people suffered great torture in the time of the penal laws If they had a horse worth sixty pounds an English man purchase it for five and shoot the owner if he refused to give
The priests had to say mass in lonely places in the woods There are two places in my parish where mass was said in the penal times
There is one place in Cullane and the rock is there to the present day and is called "Cairg an Aifrean." Once there was a priest saying mass on this rock and a great many people gathered to hear it The place was very wooded and mass(continues on next page)
