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Children's burial ground in Derryvunlam

Children's burial ground

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Derryvunlam is a children's burial ground in County Galway, Ireland. On a low rise in marshy farmland, local information says unbaptised children were buried there. No grave-markers are visible, but the flat ground may still hide small bodies and the grief of families who loved them.
On a low rise in marshy farmland. According to local information, this area was used as a burial place for unbaptised children. No grave-markers are visible. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 3 January 2018

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