There are four graveyards in this parish, one in Bally conneely, one in Dolan, one in Ardbear, and a disused graveyard at the ruins of Bunowen Castle situated beside the sea. No people were buried in this graveyard for over a hundred years since the new public road was made.
This is a square shaped graveyard, and there are no trees or towers in it, and it is a fairly level graveyard, there are a few tomb stones erected over some of the graves, and the writing can not be very easily identified now, as those stones are very old.
The Ballyconneely graveyard is situated in the south of Ballyconneely beside the sea, and it is also a square shaped graveyard. There are a lot of tombstones in this graveyard, and there are also some wooden crosses in it, and some people have special plots for their familes and they sow flowers on these plots and keep them in repairs. The people from the parish of Ballyconneely are buried in this graveyard. This is supposed to be a very old grave yard.

Castle is situated in a very nice place and the land around it is fertile and green. There is also a wood at the foot of Doon Hill south west of the castle.
Loch an Dúrn is situated north of Doon Hill. Bunowen is situated between Aillebrack and Ballyconneely. Ballyconneely took it from the family of Conneely's that lived in it long ago.

walked to Ballyconneely which took a week. He heard that one of the Ferocious O'Flahertys was living on an island in Loc Beran in Aillebrack. He went to Aillebrack and measured the space between the island and the mainland. Then he jumped in on the island and killed the Beireanac which was O'Flaherty's name.

living in Errismore and his name is Flaherty Món, and that he was staying in the big castle that is on the top of "Cnuc an Dhuín". This young boy said to his mother that he would kill this big Flaherty.
And the mother said to him that he had not even the chance to try it. This big castle is called in English a "Gasibo" it was surrounded by water and a person who wanted to see the Land Lord would have to be ferried into it.
This young man set off on his journey and when he reached this place which is now called BallyConneely. Everyone he met knew him out of the Conneelyies. He did not say anything but he asked everyone he met where was the old Land Lord living, and they told him. But they said he would have to be ferried across in a small boat to get to his place. So he went on and as he was very skilled at jumping when he came to this big river that surrounded the "Gasibo",

Long ago when our Country was invaded by the danes they also came to a place which is now called BallyConneely.
One fo them was called Flaherty mór came. They were killing and murdering every one. There was a woman, and her husband killed. So she had to leave the place, and to go far away. She went to a place called Dughterard, a young infant boy was born to her, and his name was Conneely.
The young boy grew up and became very skilled in jumping and in kicking football. He was send to school in Dughterard and one day he was playing with the other little boys. They called him out of his name and said that he had no father. He got very angry with them and when he went home he asked his mother had he any father and she said "yes" but that the danes killed him. She said that dane is yet

to Ballyconneely.
Clifden (An Clochán)A bee-hived shaped house - according to Sowe (?). According to others - a row of stepping stones across a river. In this case the stones are to be seen at the waterfall where the river enters the sea. Some observers are still of opinion that Clifden - Cloghan takes its name from the site of an ancient Cloghan which once was to be seen in the old Clifden Catholic cemetery, now closed for burial. The ruins of an old church dedicated to St. Fechin, patron saint of the parish can still be seen.
Clochanard, about half a mile west of Clifden retains the old name. On High Island, the Cloghans are still in a good state of preservation.
St Fechin's Cloghan in Omey Island where the ruins of his church are still to be seen, was once a great seat of learning. It is mentioned among the local people that students from Spain and other continental countries were educated here.

Even when the terrible Ross a' Dilisc disaster occurred 28/10/1928 (1928) some years ago, when forty-five fishermen lost their lives, no life was lost here. One man said that when he had despaired of reaching home he said the prayer to St. Cailín:- Naomh Cailín Beannuighthe, ná clig (?) orainn an uair seo," All at once, he saw a man dressed as a bishop, coming towards him walking on the water. He raised his hand in benediction, and immediately the storm abated, and the boat came safe.The Devotions for the Well are:- You kneel at the well, say one Our Father, one Holy Mary, and one Glory be to the Father. Then take seven stones and say the same prayers on each stone when walking round the well, until seven rounds are performed.Offerings of beads, coins, shells, pieces of clothing, old prayer books, etc. are made on completion of the ritual.Between the main-land and The Rock (where Slyne Head Lighthouse is built) is Chapel Island, so called because it contains the ruins of a chapel built by St. Cailín. Tradition has it that he never roofed the chapel, that he built the four walls in a night and had to give up at daybreak, so he had not time to roof it. It is similar to the Chapel down at the sea in Bunowen.In olden times, a pattern was held on the beach, but it was changed to Ballyconneely, and on the day it was

The people long ago used be up to twenty and thirty years before they would get their first pair of shoes.
Michael Gorham's mother never wore shoes only the day she was getting married and didn't wear a shoe ever after that.
There is a man in Keraunmore now, called John King who wears no shoes. Some women wore croighthíns - stockings with no sole except holes for the toes.
When people wash their feet none of the water should be spilled on the hearth, else a beast of some kind would die.
Children go barefooted now in the warm summer days.
There are no shoes made or repaired in the village now only Willie MacNiffe in Ballyconneely that repairs shoes.
There was one gréasaidhe in Aillebrack whose name was Stiopán O Máille. He was living with his brother Michael on part of the beach which is called Outhach Beag beside Dolan harbour. There is no trace of the house now only a kind of hole in the beach.

The name of my native village is Aillebrack. It is situated in the west of Errismore.
There are thirty one houses in it.
The most common surnames in Aillebrack now are O'Malley's and Conneely's.
There are about fifteen old age pensioners in the village all of whom are good Irish speakers and can tell good Irish stories.
There are about two of them who can remember the Great Famine which ended ninety years ago.
A lot of people went from Aillebrack to America on the free Emigration.
This district was mentioned in a song about Fr. Fahy who was C. Curate in Ballyconneely, the words were -
"And away goes Fr. Fahy from dear old Errismore."