School: Gort an tSiúrdáin (roll number 14534)

Location:: Gortjordan, Co. Mayo
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An Old Church (continued)

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a graveyard outside. No people are buried in the graveyard now. Children that was buried in it. There is a blessed well near the church. In summer there does not be any water in the well. A bush grows over the well. People go to the well on the fifteenth of August to pray. For three Sundays people go to pray round the well.
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An Old Castle

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There is the ruins of an old castle in Kilkeeran. The Eldwards lived there long ago. Before the canal was made it was all a

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