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penal laws dating from 1695 was aimed at the destruction of Catholicism
in Ireland. Education was also made impossible, as Catholics could not
attend school. No Catholic could vote, own land or hold any office under
the crown. The practice of the faith was outlawed and priest hunting was
carried out often as a sport. In the townland of Drumhanny north on the
farm of Sean Reynolds stands the sight where a priest was killed saying
mass. A hawthorn bush marks the spot where the execution took place, this
is known as "Friars Bush".
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