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1. Clogher Graveyard (continued)

   

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   and was used as a place of worship before the present church was built at Colga.
   One a peak of the Cologoboy mountains called Mín a báis, there are several graves.
   None of the present inhabitants of Cologoboy are able to tell anything about those graves.
   The older generation used to say that a battle was fought there long ago.
   Unbaptized children were buried in a plot near the gate of graveyard. No other were buried with them.
   Several families from this parish have graves in (?) in the neighboring parish.
   The banshee warns some families of an approaching death among them.
   Cologoboy
   Several large stones are found along the mountain sides. They are in groups of three. Some of them are thirty tons in weight. Antiquarians say that they were Druid's Altars. Others say that they were used to throw shadows. People then guessed the time of year

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   1. earraí
      1. struchtúir de dhéantús an duine
         1. séadchomharthaí (~6,794)
            1. reiligí (~2,501)

   Language

   English

   Informant

   James Tucker

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   80

   Address

   Na Caológa Buí, Co. Shligigh