School: Cluain Eich (roll number 9942)

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1. Games (continued)

   

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   from different parishes that fought. The cocks would spar and shape before they would fight to an end. The winning cock meant the winning parish. This pastime was practised in a field belonging to my father. This field is called the "cock-pit".

   

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2. An Old Graveyard

   

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   There is an old graveyard bordering my townland. It is in the townland of Knockadrinan. It belongs to the monastery at Johnston's Bridge. The field where the graveyard was now belongs to James Reynolds. Along the side of the field there are many tombstones and on the stones there is Ogham writing. There was a book got under one of the tombstones and it contained the stations of the

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   Topics

   1. objects
      1. man-made structures
         1. historical and commemorative structures (~6,794)
            1. graveyards (~2,501)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   John Gannon

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Bellageeher, Co. Leitrim

   Informant

   John Gannon

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   60

   Occupation

   Farmer

   Address

   Bellageeher, Co. Leitrim