School: Machaire, An Tulach
- Location:
- Maghera, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Seán Ó Seanacháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0593, Page 233
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You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution. - " Sagart a' Blárnach"
" Sagart a' Blárnach"is a place which is spoken of in many parts of Clare.At the time of the penal laws -1782-the priests were hunted from the churches by the English.Then the people had to hear Mass on the mountains,hills,and valleys of Ireland.
It so happened that a priest named Father O' Flynn was passing by " Sagart a' Blárnach" and he said Mass on top of a large rock.At that time there was no cross there about eleven years ago a cross was put on it.It so happened that a woman went to see the rock after Mass being said on it and she said there was a rock on her own land as big as it.When the parish priest of Tulla heard that there was no cross on the rock ,he brought an iron cross and got thirty men to put it on it.
