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Discovery of burials at Glenogra were described by Cahill and Sikora (2011 vol. 2, 493) as following; 'In January 1961 human remains were discovered during quarrying operations in a sandpit at Glenogra, near Croom, Co. Limerick. The remains were apparently reinterred before they were reported to the NMI by Donncadh Briain, T D. This report is therefore based on an account by Garda Denis Sullivan of Ballyneety Garda Station. The remains were found at a depth of c. 0.9m and apparently consisted of five individuals, extended and articulated. The bodies had been placed close together and parallel to each other and there was no trace of coffins or stone protection around the burials. Neither did there appear to be a change in the colour of the soil in the area of the burials. A number of sites are listed in the SMR in this townland, including a church and graveyard, castle, bawn, mill and various enclosures. The burials cannot be definitively associated with any site, however, owing to the fact that the location is not marked. The landowner reinterred the burials without informing the Gardai and did not subsequently use the sandpit'.
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Date of upload: 17 August 2012
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