Description
Irish Penal Chaplet
This small little chaplet can be used to keep count of the prayers of a full five-decade rosary, by looping the ring over a thumb and praying the first decade, then moving the ring to each finger in turn, praying one decade at each position.
21cm in length
We used 6mm black glass beads. The Large glass bead 10mm. The penal crucifix measures 5cm in length. Presented in a little organza bag
prayer sheet inclued
Irish Penal Rosary
Also referred to as “An Paidrin Beag” or “Little Rosary”
The Irish Penal Chaplet was developed during the “Penal Era” in Ireland, which dates from about 1540-1731. At that time, the Church of England required a uniformity of religious practice resulting in the persecution of many Irish Catholics. Evidence of this era can still be found today in the form of monastery and church ruins scattered throughout Ireland.
Consequently, the possession of a rosary became a sign of rebellion, even punishable by death. The Irish Penal Chaplet consists of 10 beads (a decade) plus one additional bead strung on a cord with a ring at one end. The ring could easily be attached to the finger and hidden in the hand and/or up a sleeve, allowing one to pray the rosary without being detected.










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