School: Tobberclair
- Location:
- Tobar Chláir, Co. na hIarmhí
- Teacher: Seán Ó Briain
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- Benown Graveyard is on the shore of Lough Ree. It is fairly large, and it is roughly rectangular in shape, and slopes towards the south east. There are a couple of trees growing in it. The graves date back, in many cases, to the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries. There is a ruined church in the centre of the graveyard, which can be seen plainly from the main Athlone-Longford road, about half a mile the Athlone side of Glasson. There are some people buried inside the ruin. There is a stone plaque set in the wall, and it is fairly obvious that a person was buries in the wall.It is said the a John Nolan, of Inchabofin was setting snares at the graveyard, about twenty years ago, having come over in a boat for that(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Paddy Halion
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Glasán, Co. na hIarmhí