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Mass-house in Ballyhimock

Mass-house

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In farmyard, on S side of road. One-storey gable-ended farm building with slated roof; interior empty. According to local tradition, used as 'Mass House' in Penal times. Across small yard to N is vacant 2-storey gable-ended farmhouse with slated roof. Both structures of late-18th/early 19th-century appearance.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO026-197

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Mike Searle, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Hello, I am Bruce on Flickr, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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  • Colin Park, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • john salter, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
  • CaitNi, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
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