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School: Clochar na Trócaire, An Uaimh (roll number 16100)

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0700, Page 040

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    underneath them. Many of the old tombs are very unlike those of the present day.
    In Ardbraccan graveyard there is a big stone monument with figures carved out on it and even a skeleton's head. There is a bishop buried there. There are vaults underneath the Ardbraccan church. These vaults are hardly ever used. Tradition says that long ago the caretaker of the graves was going round to see that everything was alright, and, as he was going down to lock the door of the vaults, he saw the ghost of a man that had been buried that very day. One a year at the exact same hour, and on the same day the ghost appears in the vault.
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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
    Agnes Breslin
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Liscartan, Co. Meath
    Informant
    Mr Harmon
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ardbraccan, Co. Meath