School: Baile an Mhóta (roll number 16260)
- Location:
- Ballymote, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Seán Beárnais
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0183, Page 058
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- In this town there are old grave-yards in this district one in the town the other about a mile from i in the yard of the ruined church of St Colamcille in Emlaghfad.
The old grav yard int he town is beside the chapel-yard and in the of the Franciscan Abbey stand. There is a number of family-vaults in it or family plots and sometimes evern when a person dies now his remains are placed int he family plot or vault. There are some very old crosses in it - one wooden cross dating back to 1712 and others up to or over a hundred years old. Some of the vaults are very big and crosses or images are carved out on them.
The grave-yard in Emlaghfad is sometimes still used and in it there are some vaults and old head stones each bearing beautiful designed inscriptions. There is another grave-yard about six miles from Ballymote known as Killvarnite grave-yard.
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