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School: Crossmolina (B.)

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Crossmolina, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Risteárd Ó Corcaráin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0152, Page 514

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    The graveyard in our parish is called Kilmurray. There is a town land called Rake Street about three hundred yards from it. Altogether there are two graveyards in the Parish of Crossmolina, Kilmurray graveyard and the Church graveyard. Two priests and an archdeacon were buried in the Church grounds.
    Long ago when a person died his relations carried the coffin on their shoulders to the graveyard and if the dead person had no relatives the corpse was carried on a horse car.
    They say that it is not lucky to carry the remains of a dead person, the nearest way to the graveyard. the old people say it is nor tight to pass a place
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. historical and commemorative structures (~6,794)
          1. graveyards (~2,501)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Tony Timoney
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Crossmolina, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    John Loftus
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    65
    Address
    Crossmolina, Co. Mayo