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Children's burial ground in Rockfield (clanmorris By.)

Children's burial ground

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Rockfield holds a children's burial ground inside an enclosure called Lisheen. Local memory says unbaptized babies were laid to rest there, though no graves remain visible at the surface. The earth has kept the place quiet, preserving a sorrow that official records never named.
At an enclosure (MA092-057001-) known as ‘Lisheen’. According to local information, the interior of the enclosure was used for the burial of unbaptized babies. No graves are now evident at surface level. Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 16 February 2018

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