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School: Lubhghortán, Scoil Mhuire (roll number 4172)

Location:
Lowertown, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Máire, Bean Uí Mhathúna
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0290, Page 014

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    There is another cill in Sea Fort. It is in Mr O' Mahoney's land. All the people around that place were buried in it during the famine. There are a lot of stones standing up there and they are supposed to be headstones. Unbaptised children from the Islands around are buried there now. This cill is situated over the sea. There is a pathway going through a field to it. It is supposed to be kept clean from briars and weeds. There is the ruin of an old church there that was supposed to be destroyed by the English.
    A piece of an altar was there once and anybody who took that out of its place, it was back in its own place in the morning. It is not there now however. One day a boy tried to see would
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. historical and commemorative structures (~6,794)
          1. graveyards (~2,501)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Maureen O' Mahoney
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Florence O' Mahoney
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    40
    Address
    Seafort, Co. Cork