School: Oileán Ciarraí (roll number 10956)
- Location:
- Castleisland, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Tadhg Ó Céin
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- (continued from previous page)Cragg. Only about twenty years ago, people were buried in its ruined church.If there was an unbaptised person there or a person fallen away from the church, when they were being buried they were buried in against the wall, because that part of the graveyard is not consecrated.Certain families near this town used a graveyard for four generations
- There are four churchyards in the parish of Castleisland. There is one in Kilmurry, one in Churchtown, one in Kilbannivane, and one in Castleisland The townland for Kilbannivane and churchtown is Glounsharoon, Castleisland and the townland of the Castleisland churchyard is Móin Mór Castleisland Each of these are in use yet, but the one in Castleisland is not much in use now Each of them is square in shape and is level. There is no church in the parish of Castleisland in ruins. There are trees growing in three of the graveyards. The graveyard in Churchtown contains many tombs and crosses(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Donal Brosnan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Castleisland, Co. Kerry
- Informant
- Mrs Brosnan
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 65
- Address
- Castleisland, Co. Kerry
