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School: Béal Átha Feorainne (C.) (roll number 15653)

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Ballyforan, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Áine Bean Uí Chuillin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0271C, Page 23_044

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    There are many old graveyards all over the country. There is an old graveyard in the parish of Dysart about five miles away.
    This graveyard has not been used for about seven years. There is another graveyard in Taughboy, and it is said that when the people were digging a grave in it they got some bones of a person.
    There is also a graveyard in Caltra, and there are old head stones in it, and writing on them that cannot be read [?]. This grave yard was not used for a number
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. historical and commemorative structures (~6,794)
          1. graveyards (~2,501)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Jane Gately
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cronin, Co. Roscommon