School: Adare Convent (roll number 9296)
- Location:
- Adare, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: An tSr. Mechtildes
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0505, Page 003
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- (continued from previous page)ceased to spring when a woman steeped wool in it to make it up for the spinning wheel. It is the second oldest churchyard in Ireland. The say a soul goes to Heaven every Saturday night out of it.From Con Normoyle, Rour, Adare (55 years)
- An Old GraveyardOf the various churchyards in Adare Parish The Creagaun na hOla as it is most commonly called, is the oldest.
It is situated about two miles form the village and stands on a hill overlooking the Coonagh river. It is circular in shape and it contains from twenty to thirty graves they being those of the very oldest families of the parish such as the Nash family, the McCarthy family and the Fitzgerald family. It is surrounded by(continues on next page) - Collector
- Brigid Scanlon
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Adare, Co. Limerick
- Informant
- Mrs E. Scanlon
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Adare, Co. Limerick
