Mass Rock And An Old School - Built 1910

Mass Rock at Mass Hill, Cloonacool, Tubbercurry, Co.
Sligo.
Old School - Built 1910, Masshill
During the time the Penal Laws were being enforced in Ireland Priests were forbidden to say Mass and if any Priest were found doing so, he was put to death.
Priests then began to say Mass in secret, in lovely places generally behind large Rocks which were known as "Mass Rocks".
About three hundred yards from the main road leading from Bundoran to Sligo - and at the rear of the late Pat Gillan's (shoemaker) house, in the townland of Carns, Parish of Ahamlish, Barony of Carbury, Co Sligo is a "Mass Rock". It is situated in a corner of the field.
At the time that Mass was said at this Rock, this was a very lonely place because the main road was not where it is today, but ran quite close to the sea.
The Rock is about four feet long, two feet [wide] and three feet high. Today you will find a peaceful place with a statue of St. Patrick placed on top of the Mass rock. The statue was placed there to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Catholic Emancipation, when the Penal laws were lifted.
Folklore story
The Hidden Treasure of the Mass Rock.
Masshill is famous for its historical places and also places where treasures are supposed to be hidden. The following is a story of a crock of gold. It is hidden under a holly bush about forty yards away from the statue of St. Patrick on the Mass Rock. It is said that there is a big speckled cat minding the gold. It is supposed that a human life must be lost before anyone can get the crock. One day a man was crossing by the bush at night. He saw the crock of gold and a big cat sitting on it. The cat started to spit at the man who ran home and as he entered his own house he fainted. He was put to bed but he did not recover until two days. A man heard the story and made an effort to get the gold by digging under the bush. When he had dug for some distance the cat appeared and with a fierce look he tried to catch the man. The man ran home quickly and told his adventure to his people. That night he was about to sleep when he heard a noise and looking over at the window of his room he saw the cat. He was terribly frightened. The cat let three squeals and jumped down off the window. So from that onwards he had no power in his right arm. It was supposed that it was the cat that cursed him.