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

Location:
Lixnaw, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
An tSr. Gabriel
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0410, Page 312

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    About a quarter of a mile below the village in a place known as Ballingar is situated the ruins of another church. It is situated in the corner of a field about three hundred yards from the road. Little now remains to mark the place where it is supposed that vaults and tombs one stood save heaps pf stones and mounds of grass grown earth. It is supposed that there was a church there also as the Gaelic word "Kileen" means "little church" Cill Cárthaigh.
    Opposite to the Kiltomey burying ground is another graveyard which was in use about a hundred
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    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