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School: St Patricks Convent, Kilkenny (roll number 10478)

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Kilkenny, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
Sr. M. Dominic
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0855, Page 239

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    graveyard and when Cromwell came he took it over.
    Many Bishops and Priests were buried there. The graveyard was ten miles long years ago but today it is less than a quarter of a mile.Houses and streets have been built on it and now the rest of it has a wall surrounding it.
    About six months ago the wall collapsed and some children who were playing near-by had a narrow escape. They were just brought in by their mother before the wall collided. People came from all parts of Kilkenny to see the skeletons of the past.
    I myself paid a visit to it and one tombstone made me laugh. It was a man aged
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. historical and commemorative structures (~6,794)
          1. graveyards (~2,501)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Ella Howard
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Rose Inn Street, Co. Kilkenny