page_title: Lemgare Mass Rock
hierarchical_section_title: Lemgare Mass Rock
caption_attribution_description: English: Photo taken from directly above Mass Rock looking North West
context_page_description: Lemgare Mass Rock, in the parish of Clontibret, County Monaghan, is situated adjacent to the neighboring townlands of Lisdrumgormley and Crossbane which is in County Armagh. A Mass rock was a rock used as an altar in mid-17th century Ireland as a location for Roman Catholic Mass.
  From a Statute of the Synod of Clones, held by Oliver Plunkett in 23 August 1670, we can see how a local Mass-site could have been selected in those times. It was decreed at the time that a place be appointed that was convenient to the parish priest and the parishioners. Church law at the time explains why some penal-day Mass sites were to be found centrally situated in a parish, others on the borders of two or more parishes to convenience the worshipers.
context_section_description: Lemgare Mass Rock, in the parish of Clontibret, County Monaghan, is situated adjacent to the neighboring townlands of Lisdrumgormley and Crossbane which is in County Armagh (Archdiocese of Armagh). A Mass rock (Carraig an Aifrinn in Irish) was a rock used as an altar in mid-17th century Ireland as a location for Roman Catholic Mass.
  From a Statute (No. 15) of the Synod of Clones, held by Oliver Plunkett in 23 August 1670, we can see how a local Mass-site could have been selected in those times. It was decreed at the time that a place be appointed that was convenient to the parish priest and the parishioners. Church law at the time explains why some penal-day Mass sites were to be found centrally situated in a parish, others on the borders of two or more parishes to convenience the worshipers.
caption: Looking North west standing above Lemgare Mass Rock
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