What is recorded here

An Caiseal holds a children's burial ground, though no further detail has emerged about when it was used or who laid the first child there. The name itself suggests a small container, a bowl or basin, perhaps fitting for a place set apart to hold the tiniest lives. Mayo soil keeps many such quiet chambers, waiting for someone to kneel beside them and speak a name back into the world.

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