School: Caiseal (roll number 16085)
- Location:
- Cashel, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Pádraig Mac Mághnuis
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- There are three graveyards in the district one in Midfield, Swinford and Meelick. Midfield graveyard is on the side of a hill about a quarter of a mile from Midfield church. This grave-yard is only there about ten years. Before that the people in this district used to bury the dead in Killconduff which is about a half a mile from Swinford. It is on the side of a hill and there are crosses and tomb-stones in it.
Long ago unbaptised children were never brought to the graveyard except on very rare occasions. They used to be usually buried at the bottom of a field where there was no traffic. They used to put a stone on top of(continues on next page)- Collector
- Delia Tunney
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Cashel, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Mrs Morley
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 80
- Address
- Curryaun, Co. Mayo