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School: Tulach Ruacháin

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Tulrohaun, Co. Mayo
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Mary Agnes Smyth
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0109, Page 530

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    was opened.
    Local tradition say that it and a church were there in the reign of Queen Elizabeth.
    There are no inscribed stones bearing an earlier date than seventeen thirty seven and that stone records the name of a man named Rabbit.
    There is a grave in Tulrahan cemetery known as "The Fool's Grave".
    There is an old story that a fool was buried there and ignorant people buried him with his head towards the road thereby placing the tomb's stone at his feet.
    The next morning the tombstone was found in
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. historical and commemorative structures (~6,794)
          1. graveyards (~2,501)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Katie Caulfield
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Tulrohaun, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Mrs David Delaney
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Tulrohaun, Co. Mayo