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School: Lankill (roll number 16904)

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Lankill, Co. Mayo
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Seán Ó Cibhil
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    and then he stopped and finished his Mass there. The rock is there yet and it is in a green hollow with a ring of bushes growing around it. There is a place in the rock where the priests used to leave their Mass book on when reading it.
    Many priests used to hide at Conway's of Pull na gCon also. They used to hide behind the rock because the rock is in a very low hollow like a sand-pit. There are bushes growing around it now.
    There is a place also on the rock for leaving the Mass book.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. penal times (~4,335)
    Language
    English
    Location
    Lanmore, Co. Mayo
    Collector
    Eileen King
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Lanmore, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    John Walsh
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Lanmore, Co. Mayo