School: Baile Uí Chróinín (roll number 10594)
- Location:
- Baile Mhic Cróinín Thiar, Co. Chorcaí
- Teacher: Máire, Bean Uí Chroitigh
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“The farmers around this district generally grow about an acre and a half of potatoes each year...”
(continued from previous page)very nice to eat when they get old they begin to decay. That's why the farmers around here do not grow as much "Kerr Pinks" as they used.
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“There are four graveyards in this parish...”
There are four graveyards in this parish. There are two in Cloyne the "old one" and the "new one". There is another in Churchtown and one in Shanagarry. There is the ruin of a church in Churchtown graveyard, and there was a ruin of another church in Shanagarry up to a few years ago. There is a church in Cloyne old graveyard. All the graveyards are used yet. The people go to their own graveyards and they are buried within the ruins.
The church in Cloyne old graveyard was once the catholics Catheral. A local man foretold that on a certain Sunday before(continues on next page) - Collector
- Peggy Higgins
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Mrs M. Higgins
- Gender
- Female
- Occupation
- Farmer's wife
- Address
- Seanachadh, Co. Chorcaí