The Schools’ Collection

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  1. Old Graveyards

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    There are two graveyards in the parish of Kilgerrill. In one of the those graveyards there are the ruins of an old Church. The gate going into this graveyard is still to be seen there. There are carvings on most of the stones. there are four stones placed inside one of of the old windows
  2. Old Roads

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    Old Roads
    The Kilclooney Road, The Bog Road, The New Line, and the Killure Road. The Kilclooney road leads from the The Line to Killure road. The New line leads from Ballinasloe to Ahascragh. The Bog road leads from the New Line to the Killure road. The Killure road leads from Killure Church to Ashe's Cross. The Gleann Dubh road leads from Derrymullen road to Bunn Abann bridge.
    There is a road leading from Killure road to Kilgerrill trunk road to the bog. The Lenafin road leads from Killure road to Moher. There is a bog road going into Fairfield and it is called "Jack's Road."
    There is also a
  3. Old Ruins

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    There are the ruins of an old castle in John Kelly's field in townland of Killure, in the parish of Kilgerrill, in the barony of Cloonmacnoon and in the county of Galway.
    There were no people living in it since 1763 and at that time it was occupied by kings.
    There were gunholes in each of four walls of the castle. The reason this castle was, to avoid invaders. There were one paned windows in the four walls.

    There is an old ruin of an old church in Kilclooney grave yard. It is supposed to be one of the oldest in Ireland. It is called St Grellan's
  4. Old Graveyards

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    and on each of the stones there is a head of a saint.
    Around the Kilgerrill graveyard there is a stone wall and in certain places there is a fence to keep out the cattle.
    There is a place in the townland of Killure for burying unbaptised children. It is called a "Liosín" There are no children buried in it at all now. For the last four years the unbaptised children were buried in Killure grave yard next the wall.
    Round each of the burial places there are stone crosses. On each cross there are instructions of the person that died long ago. They are called "Head-Stones" in
  5. My Home District

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    My Home District
    I live in the townland of Killure in the parish of Kilgerrill and in the barony of Clonmacnoon.
    There are seventeen houses in the district. About eighty people live in the district.
    Donnellan is the commonest name in the district. There are five families of that name in it.
    Most of the houses are thatched and others partly slated and partly thatched in this district.
    Killure means "The Church of the Yew Tree"
    There are five old people in the district. There is one of them can tell Irish stories. His name is Michael Geraghty, Lenafin, Ahascragh.