School: Graiguenamanagh (B.) (roll number 16311)

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   “A short distance from Graignamanagh on the County Carlow side there are three sets of cross-roads.”

   

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   same thing happened. They went to an old man who told them to bury the body in this particular place. This they did and we are told that this place was the upper Cross of Skeogh and that the skeogh marked his burying place.

   
   Poor Scholars

   There was a sign outside a free mason hall in Carlow. On the sign were written the following words. "Turk Jew or Atheist may enter here but not a Papist." There was a poor scholar passing by and having read it, wrote underneath the following lines.
   "Whoever wrote it, wrote it well,
   For the same is written on the gates of hell."
   On the entrance gate to Brune's Estate in Carlow were written, "Men and money can do anything" so splendidly was it decorated. A poor-scholar passing by wrote underneath the following words,

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   History Edit

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Michael O Shea

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Graiguenamanagh, Co. Kilkenny

   Informant

   Mrs M. Maguire

   Relation

   Grandparent

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   84

   Occupation

   Widow

   Address

   Tinnahinch, Co. Carlow