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Childrens Burial Ground — Castlegar (killian By.)

Children's burial ground
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In grassland. A slightly raised unenclosed rectangular platform (E-W 10m, N-S 7m) within which several small set limestone grave-markers are haphazardly arranged. In E sector, the N face of one grave-marker is inscribed with a simple cross, over which are the letters TOB, an apparent reference to a member of the O'Brien family who once lived in the neighbourhood (Claffey 1983, 149). According to local information, itinerant burials took place here at night; one such family is said to have returned from Sligo to bury a child (ibid.). 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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