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School: Clochar na Toirbhirte

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Lios Mór, Co. Phort Láirge
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Sr M. Gráinne
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0635, Page 250

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    old tombstones and there is Ogham writing on them. There are some very old tombs in these graveyards and the oldest is over six hundred years erected there.
    There is a burial ground also in Drumroe, which unbaptised children are buried. It is called the "Roiligín". It is still used, but it is very few children that are buried there now a days because they do not die without Baptism. Still born children are buried there. There is another one in the townland of Ballinwilling and it is called "Páirc na gCailíní because still born and unbaptised girls were buried there until recent years.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. earraí
      1. struchtúir de dhéantús an duine
        1. séadchomharthaí (~6,794)
          1. reiligí (~2,501)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Fives
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    An Tuairín, Co. Phort Láirge
    Informant
    Mr Fives
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    An Tuairín, Co. Phort Láirge