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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0742, Page 509

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    and iron crosses in Piercetown graveyard. The dates on some of the tomb-stones are 1790, 1800, 1845, 1754. There is one Bishop and four priests buried in the graveyard.
    Bishop McCormack is buried in the ruins of the Church.
    There are no disused graveyards in the Parish of Moyvore. A wall was built around the graveyard some time ago. There was no wall or fence around it, before the wall was built.
    Families use certain graveyards that are not in the Parish.

    (Story of Piercetown Churchyard got from Patrick Fox aged 35 who got the story from his father - now deceased - They lived beside the churchyard)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. historical and commemorative structures (~6,794)
          1. graveyards (~2,501)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Annie Cormack
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Shinglis, Co. Westmeath
    Collector
    Mary Teresa Murtagh
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Piercetown, Co. Westmeath
    Informant
    Patrick Fox
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    35
    Address
    Piercetown, Co. Westmeath