School: Grange (roll number 3759)

Location:
Grange, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Tomás de Búrca
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0155, Page 236

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  1. Disused burial places.
    There is an old disused graveyard in the townland of Ardnaglass near Grange, Co Sligo in a field owned by Mrs Moffit of Grange. This field is used now for meadow and grazing.
    This graveyard was used only as a burial place for unbaptised children about eighty years ago.
    There is a large fairy fort in this field and it is said that the children's graves are in and around the fort.
    There was a flax mill in this field and every morning when the workmen went to work in it they used to see the tracks of little feet in the mill. They thought these were made by the children who had been buried in the fort.
    Unbaptised children were also buried at a place called Sthawid on
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    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. historical and commemorative structures (~6,794)
          1. graveyards (~2,501)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Patrick Feeney
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Aghagad, Co. Sligo
    Informant
    James Feeney
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    c. 68
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Aghagad, Co. Sligo