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School: Fairche, Cill Dairbhre (roll number 6834)

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Farahy, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Seán Mac Fheorais
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0373, Page 348

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  1. Old Graveyards

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    There are made old graveyards in my district. There is a graveyard in Faraghy and a protestant church. The graveyard is a fairly large one and both catholics and protestants are buried there. There is a special place for the protestants underneath the church. Only the Bowen Court family and a few others are buried in this plot. In Mologa there is an old graveyard. There is a holy well there and many people visit the well for it is believed to cure sore eyes and other diseases There is a very old graveyard in Monanimy about which there is a an old story not very long ago a very poor man lived near the graveyard. One day he had no fire and his wife told him to go into the graveyard and bring out a donkey cart of the old rotten coffin boards. He
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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
    Brigid O' Connor
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Tankardstown, Co. Cork
    Informant
    Mr O Connor
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Tankardstown, Co. Cork