School: Baile 'n tSléibhe (B.) (roll number 1344)
- Location:
- Cornalee, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Máirtín Mac Conchradha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0269, Page 179
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“About one hundred yards to the South of Michael Fallon's house is Culleenirvan...”
About one hundred yards to the South of Mick Fallon's (?) house in Culleenirwan there is an ordinary rough standing stone. Scarcely noticeable. It bears the following inscription
"Bread was dear in year 1729"
The "S" and "a" are the ordinary S ans A used in modern English writing or rather English printing. One would expect the "S" to be the old-fashioned "f" used at the time but it is not.
- Pray for the Soul of Bryan Geraghty O.S.F. March 1831
This tombstone is the only one facing the Setting Sun. The Corpse evidently was then placed as now in the opposite way to lay-men.
