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Mass Rocks in Clontibret

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Mass Rocks and gardens in each of the parishes within Clogher Diocese, Ireland and Northern Ireland, were recorded in a survey carried out by Rev P O'Gallachair in 1957 on behalf of the Diocese of Clogher.

There were 2 Mass Gardens and 3 Mass Rocks recorded within the survey;

Lisglasson Mass Garden - Clontibret

Doohamlet "Bothog" Mass Hut- Doohamlet

Dunfelimy Mass Rock- Annyalla Castleblayney

Lemgare Mass Rock- Clontibret

Tasson Mass Rock- Clontibret

With relation to Dunfelimy, Rev. O'Gallachair mentions the Mass Rock in Dunfelimy being ‘on the site of old church of Annyalla’. In making this reference he is picking up a point by over thirty years earlier by Fr James E McKenna in his ‘Parishes of Clogher’, Vol. I (Enniskillen, 1920, p. 527). The opinion is that there may be a mix up between a Mass Rock in Dunfelimy and perhaps a structure (usually a hut) which predated the old chapel at Annyalla which was built in the late 1790s.

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Mass Rocks in Clontibret Wikipedia