School: Kilmuckridge

Location:
Cill Mhucraise, Co. Loch Garman
Teacher:
L. Mac Donnell
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0887, Page 070

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  1. In the townland of Killincooley in the south eastern corner of this parish, there is a house and property belonging to a man named Mr John Kehoe. About 45 or 46 years ago, several burial urns were unearthed. They were of various sizes some quite small - but others as large as a basin or can.
    In the same field were also found graves of Stone and in these graves were the remains of humans of huge size.
    Some years later, when road men were removing
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Language
    English
    Informant
    John Dempsey
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    65
    Address
    Cillín Cúile Mór, Co. Loch Garman