School: Ballynacargy (B.) (roll number 1731)

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   I got this information from Mrs. Gillan of Ballintue. She was born and reared in Ballintue aged 57 years. She got this information from her Grand-Uncle.

   

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   The following is a description of the graveyard on the lands of Tristernagh named Temple Cross, which means Church of the Cross. It is a high piece of ground nearly round and in the centre stands the ruins of and old church which the people around here call Caisleán. I notice that the walls are built with very good square stones and very little mortar if any. There is also a stone stairs which leads up to a belfry or gallery. In it is buried a man named Piers and over his grave is a big stone slab and on the slab is an incription in a foreign language. He was a descendant of the the Piers whom Henry VIII bestowed the lands of Tristernagh on in the 16th

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   Language

   English

   Collector

   Patrick Jordan

   Informant

   Nicholas Jordan

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   50

   Address

   Tristernagh, Co. Westmeath