School: Oileán Ciarraí (roll number 10956)
- Location:
- Castleisland, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Tadhg Ó Céin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0446, Page 509
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You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution. - There are many old graveyards around Castleisland. There is one graveyard in which there are catholics and protestants' buried, and there is a protestant church in it too, it was first a catholic churchThis said that the protestants got it in the penal days. when the priests had to say mass by the hills and ditches, the protestants took it and the catholics tried to get it back but they could not. There is a cross still over the church door.All the protestants are buried in the back of the church, and some buried under the wall around the church. All the catholics are buried in the front and side. There are a few trees in the side of the church, and there are a few small crosses made of timber There is a face of a saint in the wall, it was put there when the church was built, and(continues on next page)
