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School: Derrynananta

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Doire na Neanta Íochtarach, Co. an Chabháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0965, Page 088

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  1. The Old Graveyards

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    The Old Graveyard's
    There is only one graveyard in Glangevlin parish. This graveyard is in existence as long as any living person remembers and as long as their fathers or Grand-father's remember. The grave is almost level but gently sloping to the North. The grave is of a rectangular shape and is a little over an acre in extent. There are a good many tombstones. Some of them erected a hundred years ago. There are no wooden or iron crosses. Some of the older tombstones were of a flag-like and rectangular shape and lay flat on the graves. Most of these are so old that the print on them can only be read with great difficulty, and in some cases the print cannot be read at all. All the other tombstones are erect. The graveyard is beside the Church. It is situated in the townland of Gub. The present was erected in the year 1856. The stones of the older Church were carried away to build the Parochial House, so there is no trace of the older Church, but its site was only a short distance, off (about sixty yards from the present Church and was in the same townland. It is believed that some priests were buried beneath the ruin of the old Church. Of course the site is now covered with green grass. There are no discused graves in the parish nor no tradition about such graves. There is no record of any unbaptised children and there was not, and their is not any special graves for such children. There is not story connected with the Glangevlin graveyard handed down.
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    1. earraí
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    Language
    English
    Collector
    Susan Dolan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Currach Cloiche, Co. an Chabháin
    Informant
    James De Lacy
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    81
    Address
    Moneensauran, Co. an Chabháin