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Abstract: Story collected by Patrick Williams, a student at Drogheda, Christian Bros. school (Drogheda, Co. Louth) from informant Mr Williams.

Original reference: 0679/3/23

Reachtabhair, Br. Ó (Br.) [Teacher]

Ireland. Department of Arts, Culture, and the Gaeltacht [Funder]

University College Dublin [Funder]

National Folklore Foundation [Funder]
Fondúireacht Bhéaloideas Éireann [Funder]

Loading... School Drogheda, Christian Bros. [Vol. 0679, Chapter 0003]

County The Schools' Manuscript Collection : County Louth Schools

COLLECTOR: Williams, Patrick
Gender: male
Location: Louth (County)

INFORMANT: Williams, Mr
Gender: male
Location: Louth (County)

Story text TEI

transcribed at

Penal Days [duchas:4963670]

This story is about a cave called the Priests cave.  This is an opening in the rocks out on Clogher Head, and can only be reached when the tide is out.  In it the rocks form a kind of Altar and in the Penal days Mass was celebrated there.  There is an underground passage between this cave and a hill called "Castlego Hill" about two miles inland.  It is said that the people and the Priest used reach the cave by this underground passage

Penal Days [duchas:4963671]

The rocks in the cave and around have red marks on them.  The old people around say that a Priest was once discovered in hiding there and was killed.

Resource description

Origin information: Drogheda, Co. Louth
Date created: [1937] – [1938]
Type of Resource: text
Physical description: p. 294-295
Volume 0679
Note: Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher Br. Ó Reachtabhair.
Languages: English eng
Genre: Folktale
Subject: Dissenters, Religious--Legal status, laws, etc.; Penal times--Aimsir na bpéindlíthe
School location: Drogheda Droichead Átha Drogheda Louth
Location: https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_5078436
Location: University College Dublin. National Folklore Collection UCD .
Original reference: 0679/3/23
Suggested credit: "Penal Days"in "The Schools' Manuscript Collection," held by University College Dublin, National Folklore Collection UCD. © University College Dublin. Digital content by: Glenbeigh Records Management, published by UCD Library, University College Dublin <https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_5078436>
Note: Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher Br. Ó Reachtabhair.
Funding: Supported by funding from the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (Ireland), University College Dublin, and the National Folklore Foundation (Fondúireacht Bhéaloideas Éireann), 2014-2016.
Record source: Metadata creation date: 2014/2016 — Metadata created by Fiontar, Dublin City University, in collaboration with the National Folklore Collection UCD and UCD Library. Original Fiontar metadata converted into MODS by UCD Library.