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School: Ganntaigh (Ganty)

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Ganty, Co. Galway
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Sorcha Bean Uí Chlúin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0034, Page 0278

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    The graveyard is square in shape, is on a higher level than the road and is entered by a narrow iron gate. There are a few trees growing in it. A family named Finnegan live beside it and the graveyard lies between their house and the Catholic Church.
    The other graveyard, Lickerrig, is the older of the two and dates back to the Penal times. This, too, has the ruins of an old Church whose walls are ivy-grown. It is about a mile from the public road and is approached by a laneway which leads off the main Athenry-Loughrea road to the right. It is in the townland of Riverville and parish of Carrowbane. It is not now much used and some of those
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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
    Michael Dempsey
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    13
    Address
    Lissalondoon, Co. Galway
    Collector
    Paddy Buckley
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    12
    Address
    Garracloon, Co. Galway