1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Cluain Uamha (C.)

School: Cluain Uamha (C.) (roll number 12828)

Location:
Cloyne, Co. Cork
Teacher:
E. Geeleher
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0394, Page 254

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0394, Page 254

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: Cluain Uamha (C.)
  2. XML Page 254
  3. XML “Old Churchyards”

Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.

On this page

  1. Old Churchyards (continued)

    Share Share Post
    (continued from previous page)
    churchyard slopes north, Churchtown South slopes west and Shanagarry slopes south east. Trees are growing up in all the churchyards.
    There are many tombs in the old churchyard in Cloyne. Outside the churchyard there is an entrance leading into an underground room which contains the old tombs of many people, besides the oldest tomb in Cloyne (date) 1678 but the name was not legible. None of the tombs are ornamented. The earliest date I could find on the head-stone is 1740 and John Manning who die 10th March was buried there. Some of the stones are ornamented with lilies, and celtic crosses are on others. There are four crosses of wood, and four crosses of iron in the old churchyard. There are people
    (continues on next page)
    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
    Rose Lane
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mr Michael Downing
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cloyne, Co. Cork