Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Penal Mass station
Knockseera, County Laois, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Knockseera
- County
- Laois
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated as Quarry
- Coordinates
- 52.92227, -7.60223
- SMR number
- LA022-013006-
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
The Black Quarry is located 100m to the SW of the church and graveyard and has the NGR of 226803/185753. This quarry was used during the penal times as a Penal Mass Station in the early 18th century (Carrigan 1905 vol. 2, 130). According to Carrigan 'During the penal times, in the early part of the 18th century, Mass used to be said in the Black Quarry' (Carrigan 1905 vol. 2, 130).
Compiled by Caimin O'Brien
Date of Upload / Revision : 09 March 2010
Nearby in the register
- Ecclesiastical enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy tree/bushunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Architectural featureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.