Chapel Graveyard

Abstract: Story collected by Mary Russell, a student at Balscadden school (Balscaddan, Co. Dublin) (no informant identified).

Original reference: 0783/2/79

 Balscadden [Vol. 0783, Chapter 0002]

County  The Schools' Manuscript Collection : County Dublin Schools

COLLECTOR
Russell, Mary 
Gender
female

Story text

transcribed at

 

Chapel Graveyard  [duchas:4383280]

230
Chapel Graveyard.
This graveyard is around the Chapel. The chapel runs from East to West and the graves are made on North West and South of it for the ordinary people. The priest's plot is on the East side and the priests who die in Balbriggan parish are buried here. The following priest are buried here - Canon Keogh, Canon Byrne and Fr Sullivan C.C. The priests are buried with heads facing the church and all others the opposite way. There is a good slope at the western side of this yard and a grove bounds it on Closheen side. People from Balbriggan Ring Commons, Dalahasey, and Balrothery are buried here as well as the local people, and we have many funerals even from Dublin City. It is the dying wish of many to be buried near the Chapel. The tombstones are mostly modern and of stone or marble, but iron crosses are erected by the poorer people.
Mary Russell VII

Resource description

Origin information
Balscaddan, Co. Dublin
Date created: –
Type of Resource
text
Physical description
p. 230
Volume 0783
Note
Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher P. Ó Séaghdha.
Languages
English  
Genre
Folktale
Subject
Historic sites   linked data (lcsh)
Historical and commemorative structures--Séadchomharthaí
School location
Balscaddan Baile Scadán Balscaddan Balscaddan Balrothery East Dublin
Location
https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_4507036
Location
University College Dublin. National Folklore Collection UCD .

Original reference: 0783/2/79

Suggested credit
"Chapel Graveyard"in "The Schools' Manuscript Collection," held by University College Dublin, National Folklore Collection UCD. © University College Dublin. Digital content by: Glenbeigh Records Management, published by UCD Library, University College Dublin <https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_4507036>
Note
Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher P. Ó Séaghdha.
Funding
Supported by funding from the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (Ireland), University College Dublin, and the National Folklore Foundation (Fondúireacht Bhéaloideas Éireann), 2014-2016.
Record source
Metadata creation date: 2014/2016 — Metadata created by Fiontar, Dublin City University, in collaboration with the National Folklore Collection UCD and UCD Library. Original Fiontar metadata converted into MODS by UCD Library.

School location

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