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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Collector
Jenny Trant
Gender
female
Address
Clogher, Co. Kerry
Informant
Mary Brosnan
Gender
female
Age
75
Address
Lixnaw, Co. Kerry
Language
English