School: Cluain Taidhg (Clontead), Achadh Cóiste (roll number 14023)
- Location:
- Clontead More, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Máire, Bean Uí Mhurchadha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0345, Page 098
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- (continued from previous page)not very level. Ther are a couple of trees growing in them. There are some people buried within the ruin of the Church
The unbaptised children were sometimes buried in the cross roads or by the side of the wall of the Church. The cross roads where they were buried was called "crossín na leinbh". They are now buried by the back wall of the Churchyard.
"You should never interfere with a graveyard" is an old saying.
There is a story told that once a couple of men were building a house and there was a disused graveyard in the district. The men were short of stones for the house and they found a very big stone in the graveyard. There brought home the stone with them and built it into the wall of the house. The next morning when they came to the house the stone had been removed. They went again to the graveyard and found two women sitting upon the stone. They went away again and(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Margaret Callaghan
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Mrs O' Callaghan
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Fergus, Co. Cork
