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School: Tobberclair

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Toberclare, Co. Westmeath
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0747, Page 099L

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    Benown Graveyard is on the shore of Lough Ree. It is fairly large, and it is roughly rectangular in shape, and slopes towards the south east. There are a couple of trees growing in it. The graves date back, in many cases, to the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries.
    There is a ruined church in the centre of the graveyard, which can be seen plainly from the main Athlone-Longford road, about half a mile the Athlone side of Glasson. There are some people buried inside the ruin. There is a stone plaque set in the wall, and it is fairly obvious that a person was buries in the wall.
    It is said the a John Nolan, of Inchabofin was setting snares at the graveyard, about twenty years ago, having come over in a boat for that
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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
    Paddy Halion
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Glassan, Co. Westmeath