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   from the present churchyard. When any local resident is being buried the coffin is carried around the "green" at the Pond before being brought round the village to be interred.
   (Mrs Sinnott, Longraigue.).

   There are many old church-yards in this district, there is a graveyard in Inch but it is not now used.
   The first man to be buried in it was John Bowe who died in the year 1811.
   There are many trees growing around it.
   There are many wooden crosses in it.
   There are ruins of the old Church in it and a very large tree (ash) is growing inside the walls which gives us an idea of the length it has been since church was there.
   There is an old churchyard in Loughnageer at the Five Roads and it is named after St. Catherine.
   Many of the residents of Loughnageer did not go there as it was not a custom to bury in the nearest churchyard. Many stories are

   

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   Topics

   1. objects
      1. man-made structures
         1. historical and commemorative structures (~6,794)
            1. graveyards (~2,501)

   Language

   English

   Informant

   Mrs Sinnott

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Longgraigue, Co. Wexford