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1. Díseart Aengusa

   

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   Ainm - Seoladh - Parish - Townland

   (a) Croom Castle, Co Lk, Croom, Croom
   (b) Anhid Church, Co. Lk, Croom, Anhid
   (c) Dullas Church, Co. Lk, Croom, Dullas
   (d) Dysert Aongus, Co. Lk, Croom, Carrigeen

   
   (d) In connection with this ancient church (Dysert Aongus) and round tower, it may be well to remark here, that although countless generations have been buried there, not a solitary tombstone remains. The whole territory about here was Geraldine, and passed through the hands of a Sir A. Wollop into the Quinn family. They became later the Dunravens and one of these let or leased the lands - about 450 acres - immediately around the Dysert Aongus, to a Scotch steward of his named Christy. The latter top-dressed his meadows with the grave mounds AND BONES, and roofed the drains in his fields with the tombstone! I have spoken to a working man - Michael Kennedy High St. Croom 62 years of age - who, as a small boy in Christy's employ saw the black soil from the graveyard going out as top-dressing.

   Tim Tierney, Main St. Croom, 73 years of age when asked by me if so many were buried there where were the tombstones? shed tears in recounting the desecration.

   Mr. James McGarry, Stockbroker "Croom Mills"

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   History Edit

   Language

   English

   Location

   Díseart Aengusa, Co. Limerick

   Collector

   Dáithí Ó Ceanntabhail

   Gender

   Male

   Occupation

   Múinteoir

   Address

   Croom, Co. Limerick

   Informant

   Mr Edward O Connell

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Carrigeen, Co. Limerick

   Informant

   Mr James Mc Garry

   Gender

   Male

   Occupation

   Stockbroker

   Address

   Limerick, Co. Limerick

   Informant

   Mrs O Connell

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   86

   Informant

   Tim Tierney

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   73

   Address

   Croom, Co. Limerick