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Burial ground in Rerrin

Burial ground

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On Turk Island, on the E side of the entrance to Laurence's Cove on the N side of Bear Island. This small island is densely covered with ferns and gorse. O'Sullivan (1992, 56) recorded that in pre-Famine times, sailors from a Turkish ship, on which there was an outbreak of cholera, died and were buried on this island. There are three graves marked by flagstones. Compiled by: Matt Kelleher Date of upload/revision: 20 January 2023 (Bere Island, A Short History, by Ted O'Sullivan, 1992, page 56)

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