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School: Scairt (C.), Cill Dairbhe (roll number 4127)

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Scart, Co. Cork
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Mrs R. Eager
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0375, Page 297

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    years when a member of the Bowen family bought the stones from the Church Commission. He was drawing them away when a member of the Oliver family came home, and did not like to see the little church being felled. He went to great trouble to get the history of the little church, and proved to the Church Commission the tower was not theirs to sell, but of the people of Rockmills who built it. The removing of the stones ceased, the tower was saved and stands today.
    Kildorrery Graveyard
    The Kildorrery graveyard is situated at the Feroy side of Kildorrery at the outskirts of the village. The entrance is by an iron gate. It is sloped towards the south. The graves are not laid in any order. It is surrounded by high walls. It is oblong in shape. There are old crosses, monuments, and tombs, dated as far back as 1830 and 1892.
    There is a ruined church in
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. historical and commemorative structures (~6,794)
          1. graveyards (~2,501)
    Folktales index
    AT0990: The Seemingly Dead Revives
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Séamus Mac Cárthaig
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    12
    Informant
    Mr Dennis Mac Carthy
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    73