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School: Drumcharley, An Tulach

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Drumcharley, Co. Clare
Teacher:
Máire Nig Dhubháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0590, Page 085

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    Holy Island is situated in Lough Derg, Co. Clare. On this island is a very old catholic graveyard. Long ago the protestants were fighting to know which would have the graveyard. The catholics won the day and they have it to the present day. About 10 years ago a protestant policeman died in the district of Mountshannon. The other protestants thought to deft the catholics and to bury this policeman in the catholic graveyard in Holy Ireland. The morning after his being buried his coffin was found on the shore of Lough Derg. Then the protestants knew that they were not worthy of the catholic graveyard so they took the coffin and buried it in a protestant graveyard. Another story is told to
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    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. historical and commemorative structures (~6,794)
          1. graveyards (~2,501)
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    Language
    English
    Collector
    Cáit Ní Ógáin
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Tome, Co. Clare
    Informant
    Tomás Ó hÓgáin
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    57
    Address
    Tome, Co. Clare