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1. Graveyards - Knocktopher (continued)

   

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   Yesterday, Sunday the 5th June Brigid Walsh Mary Long and I visited this graveyard There are many old tombstones in it. There is a small bit of the tower still in it & here there are slabs with Adam and Eve carved on them. These slabs were found on a tomb in the graveyard and were put in the tower. By the side of the north-east wall of the church there is a big altar tombstone but we could not see any inscription on it. There are some tombstones with letters made in a very strange way.

   

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2. Graveyards - Kilkeasy

   

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   There is an old graveyard in Kilkeasy where I live. It is very old The four walls of the old church are still standing but its roof has fallen. There is a good wall all around the graveyard with a gate and stile as

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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

   Thomas Fitzpatrick

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Ballybray, Co. Kilkenny

   Informant

   Mrs Phelan

   Relation

   Grandparent

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Kilkeasy, Co. Kilkenny