School: Creenkill, Johnstown (roll number 2137)

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1. The Local Forges (continued)

   

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   they are blown, the air rushes forth and blows up tongues of fire and numerous sparks.
   The blacksmith, as the forge-worker is called, earns his daily bread by shoeing horses.

   

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2. Graveyards

   

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   There are five graveyards in the Parish of Johnstown. They are situated in Johnstown, Rathlogan, Donaghmore and Rath. Johnstown graveyard is attached to the chapel. It is mostly the priests of the parish that are buried there. This graveyard is very well kept with beautiful tomb stones on every grave and on some of the graves there are flowers. The other graveyards are not as well kept as Johnstown. In Fertagh graveyard there are the ruins of an old chapel which belonged to St. Kieran, and when the Danes came to Ireland, they put it on fire. There are a lot of people buried in this graveyard. In Rathlogan graveyard is level, while Fertagh slopes to south. Few families are interred in Rathlogan. There are not many tombstones in it nor are they of fine workmanship.

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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

   Teresa Cahill

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   15

   Address

   Rathlogan, Co. Kilkenny