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School: Clochar na Trócaire, Maghcromtha

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0341, Page 601

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  1. The Former Glory of Tracton (continued)

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    to be seen from the Carrigline - Crosshaven road.
    A fine view
    Passing back and upwards from this village the traveller soon gets a fine view of the country beneath him. To the south-east are the cross-raods at Kilpatrick on the main road which leads tot he villages of Tracton and Minane. Straight up from the main road, on the top of a short steep hill, and only a couple of hundred yards from the cross, is the ruin of the fromer parish church of Kilpatrick (the church of St. Patrick). The church was built alongside a small graveyard. The graveyard is overgrown with tall coarse grass, and only one or two families and are now buried there. A few feet of the walls remain all round. The church itself must have
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Annie Murphy
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Baile Uí Bhuaigh, Co. Cork
    Informant
    Miss Mary Horgan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Annahala East, Co. Cork