School: High St., Belmont

Location:
Belmont, Co. Offaly
Teacher:
M. Ó Rignigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0813, Page 042

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0813, Page 042

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  1. XML School: High St., Belmont
  2. XML Page 042
  3. XML “Folklore - Old Graveyards”
  4. XML “Folklore - Mull na Cille”

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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
    Edward Cassidy
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Killagally Glebe, Co. Offaly
    Informant
    Mr Patrick Caufield
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballinloman, Co. Offaly
  2. In the parish of Clonmacnoise there is an ancient graveyard in which nobody is buried but children under seven year old. In that graveyard there is a well which never goes dry. It is in the townsland of Glebe and on a high hill. It is called Mull Na Cille after a boy who was buried there.
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