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School: Skerries (St. Patrick's : Boys) (roll number 16332)

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Skerries, Co. Dublin
Teacher:
T. Mc Namee
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0785, Page 75

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    Old Graveyards.
    (Skerries, Co. Dublin.)
    There are three old graveyards in the district of Skerries; one in the town, another at Baldungan Castle, and the other at St. Mobhi's well. The oldest of them is the one at Baldungan Castle which dates from the year 1014.
    The Skerries graveyard is not very old but it is full up at the present. A story told about the Skerries graveyard is: One time a woman was buried in a trance. Apparently this woman was very rich for she was buried in a vault. The husband remembered that she had a very valuable ring. He went
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. historical and commemorative structures (~6,794)
          1. graveyards (~2,501)
    Folktales index
    AT0990: The Seemingly Dead Revives
    Language
    English
    Collector
    John Fox
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Strand Street, Co. Dublin