School: Tobberclair
- Location:
- Toberclare, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: Seán Ó Briain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0747, Page 099K
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- (continued from previous page)trees around it. Some of the head-stones are lying on the ground. There are twelve tomb stones in the graveyard, the dates are as far back as 1694. The grave is sloped towards the South.There is a ruined Catholic church situated in the grave-yard. The tracks of the windows and door are yet to be seen. There are two priests in the Catholic church. Rev. Peter and James Dillon. They were Nephews of the Dillon's who built the Catholic Church in Kilkenny-West. Baptised children who died long ago were buried in one corner of the grave-yard. Protestants and Catholics are buried together in the grave-yard.The Rev James and Peter Dillon are over two hundred years buried in Kilkenny West. There is a slab over the church door and written on the stone slab, within this chapel lies the remains of two secular priests Rev. James and Peter Dillon who died in the year 1738. The date and names of the priests are to be seen yet.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Patrick Caulfield
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Toberclare, Co. Westmeath
