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School: Crecora, Tobar Pádraig (roll number 9668)

Location:
Crecora, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
Máire, Bean Uí Ainnín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0526, Page 086

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    the floor area.
    A growth of whitethorn bushes shelters this structure and there is little trace of any other grave around it. Local people say that there are indications of the remains of an enclosing wall. If this existed as a protection to the vault, its ambit would be small, whether other families were interred there must remain a mystery.
    It is a peculiarly strange spot for a lonely vault as it now appears and elevation and solitude must be in the mind of the deceased owner when he selected this site as a final resting place.
    As weird and sequestered its position is, there were a few men who were not afraid to avail of the shelter of this vault at night. One was an outcast and the other was a poor half witted beggarman. People and times changed since then, and it is a pity that there
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Seán Ó Finn
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Lemonfield, Co. Limerick
    Informant
    Seán Ó Finn
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Lemonfield, Co. Limerick