School: Gortaveha (roll number 16488)

Location:
Gortaveha, Co. Clare
Teacher:
P. Wiley
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0592E, Page 03_034

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0592E, Page 03_034

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  1. Beyond in Pattsy Keanes farm there is a grave-yard or a coill. It is situated on the side of a hill with a ditch at one side and a few tress around it. Long ago old people used be buried in it but only children now-adays or a person who has no grave of his own.
    There is another grave-yard on the top of Caher hill on O Hara's farm. He lived below where o Dwyers are living now. He was a Protestant but he was buried in that coill. It is situated on a green field with some bushes around it
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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
    Cáit Ní Chorra
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Derryfadda, Co. Clare
    Informant
    Michael Woods
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    70
    Address
    Derryfadda, Co. Clare