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School: Mantua (roll number 2327)

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Mantua, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Pádraig Ó Beirn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0238, Page 054

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    cover and her shawl began to spread until it covered a sufficient amount of ground to build the convent. The soil around the convent was too shallow to bury the dead and the nuns prayed that they would be provided with a better graveyard. One night the graveyard changed from the hill to the nearby valley where the soil was deep enough and there it is to this day.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Patrick Beirne
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Michael Gallagher
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    70
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Lisnaboll, Co. Roscommon