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Children's burial ground in Moylough Beg

Children's burial ground

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Moylough Beg held a children's burial ground inside an old enclosure, where local families continued laying infants to rest until the 1930s. The earth swallowed every marker and shape until nothing visible remained, forcing memory to carry what the landscape forgot. That absence is not emptiness; it is a room where human love kept returning long after stone and boundary faded from sight.
Within an enclosure (GA045-053----). Known locally as a CBG where burials occurred up to 50 years ago (Claffey 1983, 158-9). No visible surface trace survives. (CUCAP AVM 42) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). Date of upload: 05 August 2010

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