What is recorded here

No rock exists at Meentinny West. The penalty fell on men, not stones. Records still call it a mass-rock because belief wants a stage. The glen has no altar, only a hidden field where worship refused to stop.

In glen, c. 20m E of stream. Hachured as mound (diam. c. 30m) on 1936 OS 6-inch map. Natural hillock. Probably 'Cnocán na bPaidreacha, little hill of the prayers' recorded by McCarthy (1991, 86), as 'sited in a lonely glen...a cone shaped mound' where 'many years ago rosary beads were found'. Bowman (1934, 108) noted tradition that Mass was celebrated there in the Penal Times. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

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