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School: An Clochar, Cara Droma Ruisc

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Carrick-on-Shannon, Co. Leitrim / Co. Roscommon
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An tSr. Emerentia
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0209, Page 481

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  1. The Old Graveyards

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    In this parish of Kiltoghert there are two graveyards:
    1. Jamestown in the village of Jamestown slopes northwards towards the Shannon. There were trees growing in it up to a few years ago when it was cleared.
    The church yard which is distinct from the graveyard contains a tomb-stnoe dated 500 a.d. and on which there is an illegible inscription in ancient Irish. There are not any crosses ornamented or otherwise of any historic importance in this grave-yard. Here are the ruins of an old Franciscan abbey in which many of those who fell in the confederate war were buried. One
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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
    M. Noone
    Gender
    Female