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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0591, Page 107

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    The following are some of the places in this district what have Irish names.
    Massrock. Cappabane. During the Penal days the hunted priests celebrated mass there. In recent years Revd. Father Halpin got an iron cross erected there, and some trees planted around it.
    Poll Braddock Cappabane. Poll Braddock is the name of some caves, which were never explored, as a few men who entered them could not go very far on account of the bad air.
    Poll-An-Ass. Cappabane. It is the name of a waterfall,
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Languages
    Irish
    English
    Location
    Cappaghabaun Mountain, Co. Clare
    Collector
    Tomás De Bláca
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cappaghabaun Mountain, Co. Clare