School: Clochar na Trócaire, Cill na Mullach (roll number 11855)
- Location:
- Buttevant, Co. Cork
- Teacher: An tSiúr Bríd
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0369, Page 373
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- Old GraveyardsThere are three graveyards in the parish of Buttevant. One is situated in the townland of Templemary, and two in the town of Buttevant- one outside the Catholic Church and the other outside the Protestant Church.
There is a high wall built around a grave in Templemary graveyard. The reason of this is that there was a young man in America who dreamt over and over again that something was interfering with his parents' grave. He was so troubled that he could not rest, so he came home and found it was quite true. Some pigs had strayed in and were rooting up the ground. Then the man got a concrete wall built around the grave.
There are many fine Celtic Crosses and nicely sculptured in the Protestant graveyard. There is a lovely stone placed over the grave of a child in the shape of a scroll. The words "Suffer(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Mrs Daly
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 40
- Address
- Currymount, Co. Cork
