School: Na Cnocáin (roll number 13150)

Location:
Knockanes, Co. Kerry
Teachers:
Bean Uí Spealáin Máiréad Ní Laoghaire
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0456, Page 319

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  1. There is an old graveyard near my home.
    There was a large number of people buried there long ago.
    It is in a small square field.
    There are holly trees and white thorn trees growing near the graves. Around it there is a very low fence. The field is never tilled. No animals are left into that field.
    They used to perform rounds there long ago. Old people remember to see funerals going there long ago. And it is believed that people were buried there in the years of the famine. The graves can be plainly seen and a big stone marks the head of each grave. It is not used not for several years and because of that there are white thorns and
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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
    Hanna Kelly
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    John Sullivan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    63
    Address
    Ballahacommane, Co. Kerry