School: Ballyburke (roll number 5125)

Location:
Bellaburke, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Micheál Ó Cheallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0090F, Page 08_007

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0090F, Page 08_007

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  1. There is an old graveyard in Ballyburke. A great many people are buried in it. Long ago a poor man lived with himself in a little cottage on the side of the road. Although he was poor he was a good Christian. He used to go to mass every Sunday with barely a shoe to his foot. Often he had to fast from morning to night without a bite to eat. So the days of the famine he died of hunger. The people of the village wound him up in a sheet and buried him in Ballyburke.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. historical and commemorative structures (~6,794)
          1. graveyards (~2,501)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Anna Madden
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Killadeer, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Richard Madden
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Killadeer, Co. Mayo