Mass rocks in Clontibret

A number of Mass rocks and gardens were recorded in a survey carried out in 1957 in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Clogher in Ireland. This survey was undertaken by Rev P O'Gallachair on behalf of the Clogher Diocese, a Roman Catholic diocese which spans the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. The survey records three 'Mass rocks' and two 'Mass gardens'. During the time of the Penal Laws, Catholic religious observances were suppressed, and these remote sites were used as secret places of worship.
Mass gardens.
The survey records a Mass garden at Lisglasson in Clontibret, and a Mass garden (or hut) at Doohamlet.
The Mass garden at Lisglasson is situated close to the N2 and is accessible from the roadside. It is highlighted on the 1857 Ordnance Survey map of the Clontibret/Lisglasson area and in Ó Gallachair's 1957 journal article.
Mass rocks.
The survey records a Mass rock at Lemgare, a Mass rock at Tasson, and a rock or hut at Dunfelimy near Annyalla.
The site at Dunfelimy is mentioned, by Rev. O'Gallachair, as being a Mass rock "on the site of old church of Annyalla". In making this reference, O'Gallachair is picking up a point made over thirty years earlier by Fr James E McKenna in his "Parishes of Clogher, Vol. I" (Enniskillen, 1920, p. 527). The opinion is that there may be a mix up between a Mass rock in Dunfelimy and perhaps a structure (usually a hut called a "bothóg") which predated the old chapel at Annyalla and which was built in the late 1790s.