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School: Coolfancy, Tinahely

Location:
Coolafancy, Co. Wicklow
Teacher:
Dll. Ó Conaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0922, Page 018

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0922, Page 018

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  1. Parish Graveyards (continued)

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    here dating back to 17th century. A very small flag shaped like a headstone is over a grave and this is the inscription:
    "John Fitzgerald, nite of glinworth, and his daughter"
    Teresa Rawson, Coolafancy, Tinahely
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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  2. Parish Graveyards

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    If the graveyard is consecrated but no priest will be at the burial, blessed clay is put into the grave. The flat heavy tombstones were put over graves to prevent body-snatchers from taking the bodies. There are four in Coolafancy graveyard.
    Máirín Deegan, Milland
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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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
    Máirín Deegan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Mill Land, Co. Wicklow