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School: Drumlaney

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1025, Page 007

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  1. Local Graveyards

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    The most ancient graveyard in the locality is Clonocey. it is situated in the townland of Clonocey, about a quarter of a mile from the road from gannon's cross to Belturbet.
    There was an Abbey there at one time and the graveyard was the burial - place of the monks. There is no trace of even the ruins of the Abbey now. A font is there which is always full of water. People dip their hands with warts as a cure. The warts then wither.
    A tunnel stretched from under the Abbey to an unknown place. This is now closed up as a man went to find out where it went and he never re-appeared.
    There is a number of old tomb stones in the graveyard with strange undecipherable inscriptions.
    The oldest dates I have been able to decipher are:
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. historical and commemorative structures (~6,794)
          1. graveyards (~2,501)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Annie May
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    14
    Address
    Drumalee, Co. Cavan
    Collector
    Eileen Mc Caffrey
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    16
    Address
    Clonandra, Co. Cavan