School: Monaghan (Clochar Lughaidh) (roll number 359)

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1. A Mass Stone

   

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   In the townland of Corranewy, near Aghabog, on the farm of Patrick Nolan, a Mass-stone lies. It is hidden from view by a steephill, so that a person walking by would scarcely notice it. It resembles a huge rock, and was formed by placing a large flat stone on top of a heap of smaller ones. Priests used to say Mass here in the time of the Penal Laws, and the old people say that in their turn the Congregation watched for the coming of the foe.

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   1. am
      1. tréimhsí staire sonracha (~25)
         1. aimsir na bpéindlíthe (~4,335)
   2. earraí
      1. struchtúir de dhéantús an duine
         1. séadchomharthaí (~6,794)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Una Finnegan

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Cúil Darach, Co. Mhuineacháin

   Informant

   Patrick Reilly

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   30

   Address

   Páirc na bhFianna, Co. Mhuineacháin

2. A Round Tower

   

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   Outside Clones town, there is a crumpled ruin of a round tower. Near the top is a small window. It is said that when the people of Clones saw the Danes coming, they ran and hid valuables - books and gold chalices here, and as these savage barbarians had no ammunition they could not enter the Round Tower.
   Near the Round tower the ruins of a monastery and the ruins of a Church stand. The found-

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