School: Walshestown (roll number 3245)

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0736, Page 465

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0736, Page 465

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    rest of the churchyards mentioned are round in shape. They are very old and are all raised higher than the surrounding ground.
    Ballyglass is a new graveyard about half a mile from Mullingar. It is level. In Portloman, Walshestown there is a vault. The remains of old monasteries are in Hopestown. There are also ruins of old Churches in Kenny and Lynn.
    Pholimena Healy.
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    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. historical and commemorative structures (~6,794)
          1. graveyards (~2,501)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Peter Hanley
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Walshestown North, Co. Westmeath