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School: An Clochar, Uachtar Árd (roll number 13439)

Location:
Oughterard, Co. Galway
Teacher:
An tSr M.S. Iognáid
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0065, Page 374

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    There are six grave yards in Oughterard. The paupers graveyard is in Ceann Reamar. People who died in the work house and had no one to bury them were buried there.
    There is a graveyard in Bloosh in which a girl is buried. She was the only child of a woman that lived in Bloosh. She buried her there and sowed trees around her.
    There is one in Claremount where un-baptized children were
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. historical and commemorative structures (~6,794)
          1. graveyards (~2,501)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Biddy Callaghan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Oughterard, Co. Galway