School: Rinn Róin, Ballinspittal (roll number 15106)
- Location:
- Ringrone, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Máire Ní Dhálaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0320, Page 233
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- 1 Tombstone of the De Courceys. Ringrone Castle was for many years occupied by the De Courceys. Their burial ground is in the local graveyard which is located within a few yards of the Castle. A fine tomb has been erected wherein lay the bones of the great lords. It bears the names of several members of the family but first in the list comes "John De Courcey" for many a year ruler of the barony called "Courceys Country." The tomb is built very near the old church in the graveyard and we might say beneath the very shadow of the Castle in which the diseased once lived. This tomb is erected on the Northern side of Ringrone Graveyard.2 In the townland of Ballinaboole is a huge block of stone often believed to be the tombstone of a giant. This stone is of enormous bulk probably weighing twenty tons. It is situated(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Anna Keohane
- Gender
- Female
- Occupation
- Pupil
- Address
- Kilnacloona, Co. Cork
- Informant
- Mr James Ahern
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 63
- Address
- Sandy Cove Island, Co. Cork
