IRELAND
July, 2002
Saturday:
Powers church and gravesites
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| Ray briefs his cousins on the tour to Kilfenora and Fanta. His sister Angela is at the left. | You have to click on this picture to enlarge it to see John and Fran O'Toole heading down the road to the old cathedral in Kilfenora. | Fran O'Toole stands inside the sanctuary of the old cathedral, with one of the famous "long-face" statues behind her. |
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| The group admires one of the famous "tall crosses found only in this part of Ireland. Uncle John O'Toole is in the foreground. | Tony Mozzer (center) steps carefully over the many graves in this very crowded cemetery. | The cathedral is undergoing extensive renovation, and parts accessible in 2002 are now cordoned off. |
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| Another view of the "long-face" statue in the sanctuary of the cathedral ruins. | Being pointed out is the grave (covered by a recessed slab) of the Powers ancestors. Burial customs in Ireland allow many different occupants at different times of one gravesite, as opposed to the "one to a customer" tradition followed in the States. | |
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