School: Kilnaleck (B.)
- Location:
- Kilnaleck, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: P. Ó Máirtín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0994, Page 103
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- (continued from previous page)About half a mile from the Village of Kilnaleck in the townland of Toneylion Drum Buidhe in Andrew Galligan's field there is a conspicuos lofty-headed ash tree.
Of the many traveller who pass by very few would make inquiries of its history.
It is one of the line of trees which in ancient days marked the route for funeral processions to the cemetary at Kill.
In ancient days when roads were not so common these monument trees were planted in such positions that the funeral procession could see from one tree to the next.
When the funeral procession came to one of these Monument trees the corpse would be rested and the rosary recited and the "caoin" would be raised.
- Collector
- Mattie Smyth
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Rev Laurence Galligan
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 60
- Address
- Tonylion, Co. Cavan
