‘The Irish name for Knocks West is An Cnoc Thiar’
Tithe Applotment – Currin Parish Substitute 1827
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Griffith’s Valuation 1861
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1901 CENSUS
RESIDENTS OF HOUSE 13 IN KNOCKS, WEST (CURRIN, MONAGHAN)
Surname | Forename | Age | Sex | Relation to head | Religion |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Smith | Catherine | 72 | Female | Head of Family | Roman Catholic |
Smith | John | 36 | Male | Son | Roman Catholic |
Smith | Owen | 26 | Male | Son | Roman Catholic |
Roddan | Maggie | 16 | Female | Grand Daughter | Roman Catholic |
1911 CENSUS
No Ruddens were present in Knocks West on the 1911 census
Notes: The Schools Collection
The following excerpt has been taken from the Schools Collection which is essentially a gathering of local folklore that Irish school children were asked to compile during the 1930’s. The following story is called Penal Days and describes the ‘Mass Rock’ in Knox.
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Transcribed from the above story:
The parish of Currin was greatly persecuted in penal days. There was a “Mass Rock” situated in the townland of Knox parish of Currin. It was on the right hand side of the lane leading to a house the property of the late Owen McCaul. This “Rock” was taken away about twenty years ago. The spot where the “Mass Rock” was can still be traced there is a spring well just beside it and it was here that the priests got the water to use at Mass. Father Owen McCaul a native of Knox read mass at this “Rock” in the year 1815. He was chased by a band of spies and he ran into “Cleeskin” fort to hide. He read Mass in this fort also. Shortly after this he went to Carrickmacross and died there.
Source: Penal Days ·The Schools’ Collection | dúchas.ie (duchas.ie)