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School: Ballyburke (roll number 5125)

Location:
Bellaburke, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Micheál Ó Cheallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0090F, Page 12_006

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  1. A Graveyard

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    There is a graveyard in Aughagower. I is a very old graveyard. There are no people buried in it at all now. The ruins of an old church and round Tower are still to be seen. Long ago there was great thunder and lightning and it swept the top of the round tower and carried it half a mile away and turned it into a likekill on the top of Cluan da
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. historical and commemorative structures (~6,794)
          1. graveyards (~2,501)
    Languages
    Irish
    English
    Collector
    Tom Heraty
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Forkfield or Gowel, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Tim Madden
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cashel, Co. Mayo