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Altar — Baile Na Bó

Penal Mass station
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Altar — Baile Na Bó
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This feature, listed by Borlase (1897) as a 'dolmen', was later described as a 'chamber tomb' (Killanin and Duignan 1962; 1967). This is an altar at which, it is locally believed, Mass was celebrated during the era of the Penal laws. Borlase 1897, 230, Kilmacrenan no. 1; Killanin and Duignan 1962, 298; Killanin and Duignan 1967, 300; SMR 1987, 25:47; RMP 1995, 25:47. The above description was published in the 'Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume VI, County Donegal.' Compiled by: Eamon Cody (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2002). Date of upload: 22 September 2008

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