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Burial ground in Carrowcally

Burial ground

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Carrowcally holds a burial ground inside a rath where Famine victims and possibly unbaptized babies were laid to rest. No graves break the soil now, but the flat earth may still cover rows of forgotten grief. The rath keeps their names withheld while giving them back to the living through memory.
In a rath (MA087-081001-). According local tradition, the rath interior was used as a burial ground during the Famine, and also possibly for the burial of unbaptized babies. No graves are evident now at ground level. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 26 February 20

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