School: Castletowngeoghegan (B.) (roll number 2092)

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1. The Penal Times (continued)

   

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   buried under that rock.
   There is a Mass path going through Jamestown to an old Church on the side of the old road. The ruins of the Church is to be seen yet with a big Cross made from stone on the wall.

   

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2. In the Penal Times

   

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   There is a Mass Rock in Tom Crinnigans field Castletown.G. The place that it is in is locally known as the Bush Field. In the middle of the field there is a lone bush and under the bush the Mass Rock is situated. There is another place in Tom Crinnigan's land and it is called Cill Breda. There is a Mass Rock and the ruins of an old Church in that field. There was an old Church in the graveyard of Castletown. It was a Catholic Church. One day a lot of Protestants knocked it down and built a Protestant Church out of the stones. The Protestant Church is standing there yet. Long ago a man lived in this district named Sam Robinson. He was Priest hunter. He killed seven Priests in one week and after a few days he was himself.

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      1. tréimhsí staire sonracha (~25)
         1. aimsir na bpéindlíthe (~4,335)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   J. Hyland

   Informant

   J. Keenan

   Gender

   Unknown

   Address

   Kippinduff, Co. na hIarmhí