School: Kilbonane, Lios an Phúca (Beaufort) (roll number 5482)

Location:
Kilbonane, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Dll. Ó Clúmháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0458, Page 188

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    money. They gathered spades, shovels, and pick axes. They started at eight o'clock at night and at twelve o'clock a white bull came up to them and started bellowing around them. They took no notice of the bull until he went around them three times. They went away and they never went digging for the money afterwards. All the graveyards are quite level. There are many old tombs in Listry and they are almost falling. There is a hillene in Killocotánac where unbaptised children are buried.
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  2. There are two graveyards in this parish, namely Listry and Kilbonane. Both graveyards are almost square. There is the ruin of a church in Kilbonane and people are buried within it. It is roofless and ivy covered. Listry graveyard is quite level, but Kilbonane graveyard slopes from the middle. There are many tombs in them. Evergreen
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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
    Brighid Ní Gráda
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballymalis, Co. Kerry
    Informant
    James Grady
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    48
    Address
    Ballymalis, Co. Kerry