School: Baile Aodha (C.). Inis (roll number 13419)
- Location:
- Ballyea, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Bríd, Bean Uí Dhuibhgeanáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0607, Page 302
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- (continued from previous page)tombstones which are long stone flags about six feet by three and one inch thi(ng)ck. On them the the inscriptions are engraved some in Irish. Others are marked by stone or marble crosses while more have no markings at all and it is impossible to find out whose graves they are.
Kilea graveyard is situated about two miles from Killerk. It is square in shape and is surrounded by an iron paling. It contains many headstones and from neighbouring parishes most of the funerals come. It is customary when a person is being buried in Kilea to walk twice round the graveyard with the coffin before laying it to rest. It is also a custom to make the Sign of the Cross with the shovel and spade across the grave. There is always a tuft of grass left on the breast-plate of the coffin on which the name and age of deceased are inscribed to keep it as long as possible from being eaten with rust. There is a Cill in Killerk(continues on next page)
- Informant
- John James Casey
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Killerk East, Co. Clare
