School: Clochar na Toirbhirte, Lic Snámha (roll number 11849)

Location:
Lixnaw, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
An tSr. Gabriel
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    surmounted by four flat slabs of stone. The mass stone itself stands on these flat stones which are inscribed with skulls and crossbones. On one stone is written "Memento Mortum" and on another the word "Memenomri". Close to the mass stone is another stone on which is engraved two chalices and a head. In the corner of the graveyard are heaps of stones which are supposed to be the remains of a church. Some of the oldest tombs are dark with age and at present the dates cannot be read on them, but some of the dates on the other tombs are 1811, 1837, 1842, and 1854. There is a vault in Kiltomey supposed to be the burial place of the "Lords of Kerry"
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. historical and commemorative structures (~6,794)
          1. graveyards (~2,501)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Jenny Trant
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Clogher, Co. Kerry
    Informant
    Mary Brosnan
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    75
    Address
    Lixnaw, Co. Kerry