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School: Streamstown (roll number 15291)

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Streamstown, Co. Westmeath
Teacher:
S. Garland
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0733, Page 240

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    growing in it. There are no tombstones in the graveyard but there are still the remains of the graves.
    The is another graveyard situated in Boher, about two miles away from the school. The old church is still to be seen and Mass is still celebrated there. Through the churchyard which is almost triangular in shape, there are several old tombstones and also flat tombstones, almost like vaults. There is a new church about to be built there now, and in a few years the old church will not be in use.
    There is another old graveyard in Tibohine which is said to be at least three hundred years old. It was in this churchyard that Tobar-Bohine was
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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
    Mona Montgomery
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Streamstown, Co. Westmeath
    Informant
    Paddy Scott
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    78
    Address
    Streamstown, Co. Westmeath