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School: Lenamore, Rathowen (roll number 5115)

Location:
Lenamore, Co. Longford
Teacher:
Brian Mac Tomas
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0769, Page 210

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    The Cemetery of Aghara is situated in the County Longford about a mile from the Villige of Legan. It is a very ancient and historic Cemetery. There is a beautiful old ruin inside its walls which was built by an Angel in one night. There is no roof on it. This fact has been handed down from generation to generation that a red haired woman passed by when the Angel was about to put on the roof and she did not say "God bless the work", and it ever since
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    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. historical and commemorative structures (~6,794)
          1. graveyards (~2,501)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Teresa Flood
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    13
    Address
    Lissawarriff, Co. Longford