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School: Clochar Lughaidh, Coillte Mághach

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0119, Page 152

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    In these old graveyards there are no erect memorials. The graves are covered with large flags on which the names of the dead, the date, and their age, are engraved, but those engravings are difficult to read for they are worn with time and traffic on them. There were no crosses to be seen either of iron, wood, or stone.
    There is a small graveyard on the south-west of the parish, beside the road leading from Kiltimagh to Balla and it is sheltered with trees. In it unbaptized children were buried and the old
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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
    Brigid Mulhern
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Kiltimagh, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    James O' Regan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Kiltimagh, Co. Mayo