There are two churchyards in the parish. One in the townaland of Coolafancy and another in Tomacorke. The churchyard in Coolafancy is still used. But the old churchyard in Tomacork is not used. There is a new churchyard there now. There are none of them round in shape they are square. The churchyard is level. There are trees growing in Tomacork and in Coolafancy. The tombstones in Coolafancy go back as far as 1812. Some tombstones in Tomacork churchyard are dated as far back as 1798. There are some old crosses in Tomacork churchyard. That crosses are made of iron. People remember burials in Tomacork.

Parish GraveyardsIn this parish there are three graveyards in Coolafancy, in Crosspatrick and Tomacork. The Catholic churches are in the graveyards at Coolafancy and at Tomacork - the parish church. A ruined church is in Crosspatrick graveyard. It was older than the graveyard. The other churches are newer than the graveyards.
Tomacork graveyard is all overgrown by beech trees which make the place very dark.
Coolafancy graveyard is at the school. It slopes towards south east. There are three flat tombstones in it. Six yew trees grow in it and deal trees grow on the ditch at the north side and beeches west. The headstones are limestone or marble. There are a few common flag stones on some graves and there are some iron crosses as well as wooden crosses on the graves.
In Crosspatrick churchyard there are mostly flags used, the inscriptions on which are very hard to read and 'f' is used for 'S'. There is one head stone

There was a tannery long ago in Coolafancy on Mr. Rothwell's land but Mr. Rothwell's people did not live here then. These is a lane in Coolroe called the Cobbler's Lane. It is so called because a cobbler named Mr. Doyle lived there long ago. People used to call him Pat the Cobbler.

A man by the name of Darby Neill carried a flagstone from the top of Aghowle to go over his fathers grave in Coolafancy. This would be a distance of about ten Irish miles.

briars. The ruins area about a field from the road and a laneway leads to the graveyard. There is a style in the laneway.Teresa and Kevin Rawson, Coolafancy

If the graveyard is consecrated but no priest will be at the burial, blessed clay is put into the grave. The flat heavy tombstones were put over graves to prevent body-snatchers from taking the bodies. There are four in Coolafancy graveyard.Máirín Deegan, Milland

ProverbsThe man on the land is a good boatman.
You can lock from a rogue but not from a liar.Teresa Rawson, Coolafancy

The name of my townland is Tomnafinogue. It is in the (townland) of Coolafancy. There are nine families in it. In my house there are five people. In Mulhall's there are nine. In Donegan's there is one man. In the next Mulhall's there are two people. In the next Mulhall's there are nine people, and in Keefe's there are seven people. There are thirty three people in Tomnafinogue altogether. Long ago a great many people emigrated to America. Four or Five families emigrated to America. There were a great many houses in the district long ago. Nearly all the houses are slated except the far Mulhall's. The land is hilly. Some of the land is boggy but not much. All the rest of the land is good.
How Tomnafinogue got its name.

ChurningThe churning day is a busy day in the farmhouse. The butter spades and the churn are scalded with hot water, the cream is put in the churn and the lid is fastened tightly.
The churning then begins. Sometimes this takes an hour and sometimes less. People take turns with the churning. Hot water is poured in during the winter and cold water in the summer. There are small glasses fixed in most barrel-churns and we can see when the churning is finished.
Some people let the buttermilk flow into a tub and leave the butter in the churn; they then pour in cold water to wash the butter. Then the water is poured off. Others when the butter is made collect it off the top of the butter milk with a curved butter spade. They press all the milk out of it, salt it and make it into prints or pounds.Teresa Rawson, Coolafancy, Tinahely

When that days battle was all over
And our brave men had no more to do
They crossed Brideswell going to Camolin
Andcamped that night upon Carrigeen.Easly early the next morning
To Ballyrahan we took our way
To meet with Gowan and his cowardly yeomen
To them it was a woeful day.We there shot Chamley and Major Dixon
And General Walpole had not time to run
Long Smith the Slater that cursed traitor
He fell that day by our croppies gun.Had we the wisdom to follow after
Not to have tarried in Gorey town
We'd have saved the lives of many a hero
That died in Arklow, God rest their souls.Success attent the brave Boys of Wexford
They were the boys not afraid to fight
With ancient Britons and begging yeomen
They let them see they will have the right.Teresa Rawson, Coolafancy, Tinahely

Johnny Doran's BallThe men wore paper leggings
And their dancing shoes were thin
The floor was packed so tightly that
There was little room to spin.At seven in the morning
They all did start for home
And in a great big snow drift
They lost poor Jack Malone.
When the fellow he got drifted
He then began to shout
O Jimmy come and help me
For my leg I can't get out.So I'll finish up and say goodbye
Hoping I haven't kept you long
And hope that at the next big dance
I'll have a better song.Kevin Rawson, Coolafancy, TinahelySong composed by Mrs. Grimes, Kilcommon, Tinahely.