School: Cilltighearnáin/Kiltiernan (roll number 11812)
- Location:
- Kiltiernan West, Co. Galway
- Teacher: S. Ó Beirn
![The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0033C, Page 01_016](https://doras.gaois.ie/cbes/CBES_0033C%2FCBES_0033C_01%2FCBES_0033C_01_016.jpg?width=1600&quality=85)
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0033C, Page 01_016
Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.
See copyright details.
DownloadOpen data
Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.
On this page
- The side of the coffin where the feet are is put out the door first. The coffin has to be put into the chapel and into the graveyard first. The door of each house which the funeral passes is shut so that the death would not come into that house. If any man meets the funeral he turns back with it and walks seven or eight paces with it. A rosary beeds is put into the coffin with(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Ciaran Ó' Beirn
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Mike Shiel
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 62
- Address
- Castletaylor South, Co. Galway