School: Clais, Athea (roll number 15100)
- Location:
- Keale, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: Liam Ó Súilleabháin
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- (continued from previous page)Richard Woulfe Cratloe, and to James Barrett Knocknagorna. The tomb belonging to the Woulfes date back to the year 938, and the Fitzgeralds date back to the year 1891, and the tombs belonging to the Barretts date back to the year 935. The oldest hedge stones are marked J.. Moore 1885, D.. McCoy 1797, and, 876, 1017, 1114, 1216, 1416, 1614, 1791, 1814, 1912, 1893, 1924, 1887, 1908, 1809. The oldest headstone has the date 785. There are old crosses made of wood and iron, one marked back to the year 837. Those are not carved or ornamented. There are old stones stuck in the ground also over graves. People are buried in (Mr. Cle?) the ruin of the Church also. The unbaptised children are buried in Mr. Cleary's field Temple Athea. It is called the field of the "Unbaptised Children." Those are not used now but the unbaptised children are buried in the pathway of the Churchyard.
From the Graveyard in Cratloe a man named John Kelly Knocknaboul Athea took stones out of the (it) Churchyard to build a wall and next morning the wall was knocked and the stones were taken back to the Churchyard. A number(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Denis Ahern
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 74
- Address
- Cool East, Co. Limerick
