School: Ballyhale (roll number 7914)

Location:
Ballyhale, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
Eibhlín Ní Shúilleabháin

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Graveyards - Kilcurl

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0848, Page 056

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Last week our teacher Miss O Sullivan was speaking about the graveyards of our district and she said that the graveyards in Kilcul is one of the oldest. Brigid Walshe & I decided to go and see it so we went on Sunday last. We started about half-past one oclock. We went around by the road as we had a long day before us we did not want to make any short cuts. We did not stop until we reached the Auk (Ath) and there we rested for a few minutes.
It is a fairly long road to Kilcurl and when we reached the houses we were tired and could see no sign of a graveyard. But we were determined not to return until we found it. We

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Collector
Eibhlín Ní Inderbí
Gender
female
Informant
Eibhlín Ní Inderbí, Nellie Hennerby
Gender
female
Language
English