School: An Cnoc (B.) (roll number 16122)

Location:
Knock, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Tomás Ó Riain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0108, Page 256

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  1. There is only one graveyard in this parish, and it is situated on the south side of the church. Every family has a grave of their own. The graveyard in this parish is a square graveyard. Mostly in every graveyard there are the ruins of an old church. People are not buried inside in the old churches. The graveyard in this parish is sloped. There is a large tree in this graveyard. Almost every family has a tomb-stone, and there is a writing on every tomb-stone of the person that is buried there, and the person that erected it. There is a graveyard in every village, and
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    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. historical and commemorative structures (~6,794)
          1. graveyards (~2,501)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Thomas Phillips
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cloonturnaun, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Thomas Phillips
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    53
    Address
    Cloonturnaun, Co. Mayo