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School: Naomh Ceitheach, Runnamoat (roll number 8499)

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Runnamoat, Co. Roscommon
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Gráinne, Bean Uí Neachtain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0262, Page 113

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    with the imprint of the saint's knee. On Garland Sunday when people perform stations at the holy wells they say certain prayers at this knee-print.
    Several vaults are in the Graveyard owned by different families some nearly erected and some whose date can be deciphered as erected in the 19th Century.
    The vault of the Irwin's of Rathmoyle is the oldest and during Fenian times was used as a store for guns & pikes.
    The family do not use it now-a-days.
    Large flag stones left flat mark the site of other graves and others have wooden or iron crosses simply carved.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. historical and commemorative structures (~6,794)
          1. graveyards (~2,501)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Julia Lynch
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Kiltultoge, Co. Roscommon
    Informant
    Mr Patrick Lynch
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Kiltultoge, Co. Roscommon