School: Gortaveha (roll number 16488)
- Location:
- Gortaveha, Co. Clare
- Teacher: P. Wiley
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0592E, Page 01_026
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Coil.
The coil in Flagmount is situated in John Mc Mahon's land,as in older times belonged to John Buglar when dying left the land to his son and he sold it to John Mc Mahon for £60 as it was small only 60 acres.
After that Denis son of John Buglar went to Scariff and to -day has a butchers stall and a public house.About 90 years ago when the land belonged to John Buglar ,the old people used bury small children ,and by and by as the custom was rising poor people used be buried there and is to the present day.
Nowadays there are head-stones in it and alot of people(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Brigid Keely
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- John Broderick
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 42
- Address
- Blarney, Co. Cork
