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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 17_007

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  1. A Graveyard

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    There is an old graveyard in Ballyburke. No people are buried in that graveyard but long ago lots of people were buried in it. Long ago there was a man living below Castlebar and he bought land in Ballyburke and the time of the famine he died of hunger and the people did not know where to bury him and they buried him in Ballyburke. When he was a month dead the people saw ghosts there and every night they saw a light at about nine o'clock and it would rise up in
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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
    Mary Geraty
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Balloor West, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    John Mc Greevy
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Balloor West, Co. Mayo