Country Ireland Time zone WET (UTC+0) Local time Thursday 11:43 AM | County County Laois Irish Grid Reference S426904 Province Leinster | |
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Raheen (Irish: An Ráithín, meaning "little ringfort") is a small village in County Laois south of Portlaoise in Ireland
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Map of Raheen, Co. Laois, Ireland
History
Raheen has an imposing Catholic church, dating from 1857. The first Catholic church, a thatched chapel, was built in 1729; the site was granted by a Protestant family named Baldwin. Mr. Baldwin granted the land after seeing poor Catholics assembled at Mass in a deep pit, which is called The Mass Pit even to the present time.
The grave-yard in the village marks the site of the old thatched chapel.
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Raheen, County Laois Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA