School: Rathfeigh (roll number 10281)
- Location:
- Rathfeigh, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Mrs Rose Madden
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0686, Page 292
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You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution. - There are eight graveyards in the parish of Skyrne. There are two in Rathfeigh and two in Skryne, one in Lismullen called Templekieran, one at Trevet one at Tara and one at Macetown. They are all still in use.
There is a church in one graveyard in Rathfeigh and in the other there is the walls of one. In Skryne there is a church in one and in the other there are the remains of a monastery. At Trevet there are still the remains of an old church. At Tara there is a protestant church and the same at Templekieran.
The two church-yards are level in Rathfeigh. There are trees growing all round the grave-yard in which the church is. There are people buried inside the wall of the old church. The unbaptised people were buried at the edge of the passway in the grave-yard. People are still buried in the grave-yards far from the local one, because their people(continues on next page)
