School: Belturbet (B)
- Location:
- Belturbet, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: S. Mc Govern
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0972, Page 335
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- The oldest graveyard in the district is Clonosey next comes Drumalee. The oldest headstone in Clonosey is 1701 and the name could not be made out. There is also another one and the date is 1827. There is a man named John Gaffney of Drumalee was buried in the year 1802.
- The games that were played long ago comons in the field and it was played by hitting stones with sticks. "Hurley", "Handball" and "Football" were played by the boys. The girls played "Hop-scotch", "Ring of roses"(continues on next page)
