School: Oileán Ciarraí (roll number 10956)

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1. Old Graveyards (continued)

   

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   There are 4 or 5 tombs dated up to 1700. The crosses are made of iron. In the olden times the unbaptised people used to be buried at cross-roads and in the sides of graveyards, that is between the pathway all round and the wall, as this is not consecrated ground (supposed), and the unbaptised are still buried by the sides of graveyards. There is a woman named Mrs Mary Lombard buried in Old Kilbanninvane since 1600. I could not get the address as the tomb is so old. There is a woman named Mrs Murphy of Marketplace, Castleisland buried in the Castleisland graveyard since 1775.

   The present Protestant church in the Castleisland graveyard was once a Catholic church. Now protestant service is carried on there each Sunday. This called St Stephens church. Many graves have been neglected and trampled on by people. The local families still use the same tombs. In the olden times when a protestant would die he would be buried in a hole in the wall, then the present protestants covered them with flagstones.

   

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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

   Donal Brosnan

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Castleisland, Co. Kerry

   Informant

   Mrs Brosnan

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   65

   Address

   Castleisland, Co. Kerry