School: Castlebridge (C.) (roll number 16382)
- Location:
- Castlebridge, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: Mrs. Shortall
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0885, Page 113
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- (continued from previous page)which are not so far away, and Begerin which is not so far from Ardculm.
There is also one in Crosstown in which all the Wexford people are buried and lastly there is one in Castlebridge which is a Protestant graveyard.
I will now describe it, is is a square graveyard with many fine trees growing on it.
The place where the church now stands was a wood and all the trees were cut down and the church is now said to be built on the site of a castle.
There are many old tombs in the graveyard and I will give an account of one of them.
"In memory of John White Pritchard Esq. Captain of the Royal Navy of Marmion Place Southsea Hants who died on the 31stMarch 1851 at Kilmacoe aged 61 years. He was actively employed during the war and also at the battle of Trafalgar, also his son who died at(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Nancy O' Connor
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Bertie Hatchel
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 58
- Address
- Castlebridge, Co. Wexford
