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School: Cnoc an Éin Fhinn (Birdhill) (roll number 13991)

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Cooleen, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Micheál Ó Meachair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0539, Page 111

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  1. The Old Graveyards (continued)

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    coffins are put into the grave there is usually another lid put on the glass lid, so that the glass could not be broken. There are shelves down in this grave and the coffins are laid up on those shelves. There are many people buried in this graveyard, Sometimes unbaptised children are buried in it also. There are a lot of lovely flowers growing on the top of each grave. There is another graveyard about five miles from my house called Kilnarath graveyard. There are many people buried in this graveyard. There are many nice little trees sowed on the tops of the graves. There is one very big palm tree growing in the middle of this graveyard. There is another graveyard about one hundred yards from Birdhill church. This is a very small graveyard and there are not many people buried in it. This graveyard is called Cill graveyard.
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  2. The Old Graveyards

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    There is an old graveyard near where I live midway between our house and the Catholic Church of Birdhill. It is situated in the centre of Patrick Coffey's farm. It is about two hundred yards in circumference. It is surrounded by a round wall. It was built in the year 1861 by a man named Mr. O'Farrell who originally lived where Patrick Coffey now resides. The only people interred there are two
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    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. historical and commemorative structures (~6,794)
          1. graveyards (~2,501)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Thomas Teefey
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Coosane, Co. Tipperary
    Informant
    Michael Teefey
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    54
    Occupation
    Railway worker
    Address
    Coosane, Co. Tipperary