School: Drom Mór (B.), Beantraí (roll number 13095)

Location:
Dromore, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Éamonn Ó Conchobhair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0294, Page 018

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0294, Page 018

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  1. XML School: Drom Mór (B.), Beantraí
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  3. XML “An Ancient Local Cemetery”
  4. XML “Cúl Cath - A Local Historical Place”

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    different to the remaining slabs there, or, to any ordinary head-stone. It is altogether situated in one field, and around it are the remains of a fence, but I am sure there was either a church or a monastery built there long ago, although there are no traces of it there now.
    This cemetery is about one acre in size, and people have been buried in it, up to, and including, the famine years. During the famine large numbers of bodies were buried there without a shroud or coffin. About one hundred and fifty yards from this place is a 'golaun', but no person in the district seems to know why it is placed there.
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  2. This historical place nestles at the foot of a hill which is the boundary on the northern side of the townland of Dromore.
    Cúl Cath is the name given to the farm owned by Mr David Coakley. In former times clans often made habitual raids on one another generally for the purpose of stealing cattle.
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    Language
    English
    Collector
    Donnchadh Ó h-Aodha
    Gender
    Male