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School: Ballinacree (B.) (roll number 13965)

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Ballynacree, Co. Meath
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Pádraic Ó Connachtáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0717, Page 199

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  1. The Churchyard

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    There is only one churchyard in this parish, which is situated in Hilleagh in the townland of Killeagh. It is very very old as there is tomb-stones there without any writing on them at all.
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  2. The Churchyard

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    One time about fifty years ago a Catholic girl from this place got married to a Protestant man.
    They went to live in Granard. There was a burial ground near where they went to live and the girls father and uncle had being buried there.
    When the protestant died he was buried in the same grave as the other two men. That night the two dead men arose
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. historical and commemorative structures (~6,794)
          1. graveyards (~2,501)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Micheal Ó Baoghlláin
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballinrink, Co. Meath
    Informant
    Bernard Sheridan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Roebuck, Co. Cavan