School: Cnoc an Éin Fhinn (Birdhill) (roll number 13991)
- Location:
- An Cúilín, Co. Thiobraid Árann
- Teacher: Micheál Ó Meachair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0539, Page 110
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- John Caplis
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- An Cúilín, Co. Thiobraid Árann
- Informant
- Martin Ryan
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 60
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- An Chraig, Co. Thiobraid Árann
- About a mile from our school there is a graveyard called Cragg graveyard. This graveyard was recently done up by the County Council. There was a path put all round it and all and all the nettles and high grass was cut down. There is one particular grave here. It is a grave with all the people of the one family in it. The coffins that are in this grave are made of timber and the tops of them are made of glass. These coffins were very dear ones. It is said that they are up to one hundred pounds. The timber coffins are enclosed in lead coffins and both have glass leads. When the(continues on next page)
