School: Carrickgorman
- Location:
- Carrickgorman, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: M. Fleming
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1006, Page 149
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- (continued from previous page)the "new Cemetery" and "Urcher graveyard".
The Protestant church yard is situated at the foot of the town of Bailieborough, the Methodist church yard is situated down the Shercock road, the new Cemetery is situated along the road leading to Kells town, all these graveyards are square shaped and still in use, there are trees growing in some of them and some of them iron crosses, there are no disused graveyard in our district, unbaptised children are generally buried in a plot by themselves in some graveyards such as the "new Cemetery", but in Protestant grounds they are buried with their friends or parents.
- It is told my old people that is 1650 or 1651 Oliver Cromwell slept one night during his pilaging in this locality at the place now known as "Lyttl's Cairn", it(continues on next page)
- Collector
- James Cullen
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Mr Michael Traynor
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 50
- Address
- Togher, Co. Cavan
