School: Clochar na Trócaire, Drangan (roll number 7232)

Location:
Drangan, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
An tSr. M. Gráinne
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0556, Page 182

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0556, Page 182

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  1. Funeral customs are still kept in this country have lost much of their olden time solemnity. World wars and internal troubles in our own lands have tended to harden mens hearts and make them look lightly on death. Yet today in Holy Ireland people show respect to the dead.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. rites of passage (~573)
          1. death (~1,076)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Josephine White
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Rathkenny, Co. Tipperary
    Informant
    Mr Magner
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Mullinahone, Co. Tipperary