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School: An Clochar, Roscrea

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Roscrea, Co. Tipperary
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An Mháthair M. Ní Thuathaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0549, Page 091

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    of clay, blesses it and then throws it on the coffin.
    All these graveyards are in use but none of them are round in shape. There is an old ruin of a cross in the Protestant graveyard.
    St Cronan's Catholic Churchyard. It is not level, it is very hilly and sloping in a Northern direction. There are trees all around it. In St. Cronan's Catholic Graveyard there are some very old monuments. The oldest one I know is dated 1797 which bears the name of William Delaney. It is a slab of stone placed in an upright position. There are many similar slabs there also some upright and some
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. historical and commemorative structures (~6,794)
          1. graveyards (~2,501)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Emily O' Carroll
    Gender
    Female