rosary workshop - Hunt Museum Index
ANTIQUE IRISH ROSARY
FROM COUNTY CLARE MUSEUM - ENNIS IRELAND
This is a wonderful rosary with a legend dating
back to the 1700s to go with it. Our images are not very good but we hope
you can imagine what this very very large rosary made of black stone beads
(North Clare) looks like with its simple center and very small penal like
crucifix at the end.
The community of Spanish Point (Miltown Malbay Co Clare) was very familiar with the story about a priest who was fleeing for his life from the 'red coats' in the 1700's. He left his rosary behind. During this period, the English were out to destroy the faith, especially priests and religious, and the language of the people along with taking their land. The lady of the house where the priest stopped found the rosary and buried it for fear of them being found as discovery would put lives in jepordy. Found on a farm in the 1970's while spring plowing, a farmer was able to bring the legend to a moment of reality.
~ THE PRIESTS ROSARY- ~
A VERY LONG ROSARY, TYPICAL OF
THOSE WORN BY PRIESTS. VERY WELL
MADE
WITH A HEAVY GAUGE CHAIN
AND WRAPPED WIRE.
Clare Museum, Ennis, is located in a beautifully
restored former convent
built by the Sisters of Mercy congregation in 1861.
Arthur's Row, Ennis, Co Clare
Ennis town centre, off O'Connell Square, next to
Temple Gate Hotel
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Telephone No: 065 682 3382
Fax No: 065 684 2119
claremuseum@eircom.net
