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School: Owning Convent (roll number 16430)

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Owning, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
Sr. M. Bernadette
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0844, Page 074

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  1. The Old Graveyards

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    There are in Piltown parish eight graveyard. Piltown contains there, Fiddown one, Templeorum one, Owning two and Kilkieran one. They are situated respectively in the townlands of Piltown, Fiddown, Templeorum, Owning and Ballinacraney. They are still in use.
    In one of the Owning graveyards and in Kilkieran there are old church ruins. One of these in the Owning graveyard I will briefly describe.
    Though it is comparatively level it nevertheless slopes perceptibly to the south. Yew trees grow there and of these hollow in the trunk from time immemorial might with discomfort accomodate three men standing erect. The of the church which Cromwell destroyed are yet to be seen. Within those ivy mantled
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. historical and commemorative structures (~6,794)
          1. graveyards (~2,501)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Anna Crowley
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Tullahought, Co. Kilkenny
    Informant
    Brian Crowley
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    60
    Address
    Tullahought, Co. Kilkenny