School: Baile an Áird (C.)
- Location:
- Ballinard, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: Áine Ní Dhomhnaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0517, Page 113
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- (continued from previous page)times the local Parish Church was situated in the graveyard. The remains of this old Church are still to be seen. The ground in the graveyard is very soft and the graves have to be made very deeply. Many of the local families are buried in the local graveyard. Their ancestors were also buried there. There is a "boreen" leading to Ballinard Graveyard.Cahercorney Graveyard is situated in Mr. Michael McCarthy's farm in Cahercorney, in the Co. Limerick, about a mile north-west of the village of Herbertstown. It is square in shape. It is not quite as lonely looking as the graveyard in Ballinard. There are many large trees surrounding it. It slopes towards the river Camóg. In the graveyard are the remains of a Protestant Church. There are many tomb-stones there, two of the oldest dates are 1749, and 1795. Few of the local families are buried there. There is a passage leading to it.Kilcullane Graveyard is situated in Mr. Tom English's farm, about two miles west of the village of Herbertstown in the Co. Limerick. It is square in shape. There are a few large trees growing around it. It is now a disused graveyard. The last funeral took place there about ten years ago. It has a path about a quarter-of-a-mile in from the road, leading to it. Ballinamona Graveyard is situated in Mr. Tim(continues on next page)
