School: Kilcullen (Convent) (roll number 11806)
- Location:
- Cill Chuillinn, Co. Chill Dara
- Teacher: Na Siúracha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0780, Page 323
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You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution. - There are many old gravestones in the churchyard in New Abbey, and the following are some of the dates, which are on them. 1692, 1685, 1700, 1799, 1804, 1805, 1821, 1822, 1934, 1806, 1814, 1835, 1836, 1838, 1842, 1844, 1854, 1855, 1013, 1,110, 1841, 1842, 1851, 1864, 1847, 1866, 1867, and 1869. The are some old stones which I could not make out, the dates of. The are four wooden crosses and some iron crosses there.
In the churchyard of New Abbey there is a stone cross with bits of marble set in, in the shape of diamonds. There are some tombstones with greek and ogham written on them. There is also a stone with ogham writing on it, in the churchyard in the Yellow Bog.
The graveyard in Castle-Martin is situated on top of a hill overlooking the Liffey. It is gone wild with different kinds of trees and brambles.
The churchyard in the Yellow Bog is level, and it is full of Palm and Dale trees, and the church(continues on next page)
