tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9518184314279793142024-03-08T17:05:29.411-08:00Celtic Mysticism, Irish Burial Rites & CilliniMaryannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07766582794621399482noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-951818431427979314.post-19724702549603952922012-08-16T10:15:00.003-07:002012-08-16T10:16:57.824-07:00On Ciilini - From the Irish Examiner<a href="http://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/features/humaninterest/cradle-to-the-grave-204120.html" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #3663b3; font-family: Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="back" src="http://www.irishexaminer.com/images/buttons/back2.jpg" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" /></a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px;"> </span><a href="http://www.irishexaminer.com/" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #3663b3; font-family: Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="home" src="http://www.irishexaminer.com/images/buttons/home2.jpg" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" /></a><br />
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Graveyards for unbaptised children are scattered throughout Ireland. Now, towns and villages are reclaiming these lonely and forgotten burial places writes Carl Dixon</div>
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CILLINÍ, ‘graveyards’ for unbaptised children, are scattered throughout the Irish countryside, in overgrown corners of conventional graveyards or outside their boundaries.<br />
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Kerry is reputed to have 400, and many across Ireland are unrecorded. Although considered remnants of repressive Catholicism, the origins of cilliní date back to an era when folk tradition and Christianity were entwined. Now, towns and villages are reclaiming these lonely and forgotten burial places and bringing them back into the community.<br />
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Toni Maguire is an archaeologist and anthropologist who specialises in this subject and is best known for her work at Milltown cemetery in Belfast.<br />
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"A cillin was any area of ground used for unconsecrated burials, which came under various categories," she says. "This included executed criminals, truce breakers, suicides, mothers who died in childbirth but haven’t been churched, strangers whose religion might not be known, and, by far the largest category, unbaptised babies. There were probably regional differences; for example, in some places it was believed that if a first child died and was buried in a cillin, then the other children would be spared the same fate."<br />
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Many academics consider cilliní a post-medieval phenomenon, although an excavation in Galway found graves of infants in a ringed enclosure dating back to 700AD. There was a blurring of the boundaries between Christianity and superstition.<br />
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"We often find cilliní associated with fairy trees and, obviously, the strict prohibition against moving such trees would ensure that the graves were not disturbed," Ms Maguire says. "Fairy forts were also used; given that there was such a strong visceral belief in fairies, perhaps they were buried there so that they might have another life with the fairy folk, if denied a Christian afterlife.<br />
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"In Orkney, there was a belief that a dragon lived under the fairy mounds, who tormented the souls of the dead. Often, there is this sort of mishmash of folklore, religion and myth associated with these sites."<br />
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Ms Maguire says there was trepidation about these unsettled souls. "I refer to them as the dangerous dead, particularly the adult burials," she says. "Boundaries were considered important routes into the underworld and we often find cilliní associated with boundaries, such as running water.<br />
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"In Antrim, I found a strong preference for triangular-shaped fields; one explanation is that the three sides of the field represent the Holy Trinity. Another explanation is that ghosts were confined within a triangular field and wouldn’t be able to escape. Again, it seems like an overlay of Christianity, over an older folk tradition."<br />
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At the heart of the matter lay the difficult issue of what to do with the pagan dead, within the confines of a rigid and austere Christian doctrine. If a non-baptised child died, then the theory of original sin suggests that this child, although having committed no personal sin, could not enter the kingdom of heaven.<br />
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The concept of the innocent children of Christian parents suffering eternal damnation in hell was problematic for the Church; a problem overcome, to a degree, by the theory of limbo.<br />
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Probably dating back to the time of St Augustine, limbo was intermediate between heaven and hell; eternal darkness, perhaps, but no pain. It is a theory from which the modern Church has not unequivocally distanced itself. In a 2007 document from the International Theological Commission, entitled The Hope of Salvation for Infants Who Die without Being Baptised, it is noted that the theory of limbo "remains a possible theological opinion" and that "there is serious and liturgical grounds for hope that unbaptised infants who die will be saved and enjoy the beatific vision. We emphasise that these are reasons for prayerful hope, rather than grounds for sure knowledge."<br />
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A distinction can be made between the large, poor grounds and angel plots where non-baptised babies were sometimes buried on an industrial scale, and the small, local plots dotted around the countryside.<br />
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"There probably wasn’t a Catholic family in Belfast who weren’t connected with Milltown cemetery in some way over the generations," Ms Maguire says. "A boggy area of Milltown was in use for these so-called pagan burials, up to the 1990s. The daily load of dead babies would arrive from the hospital and were laid in mass graves like carpet.<br />
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"One father recalls claiming his dead baby from the hospital and bringing it to the cemetery. The grave digger tossed the dead baby, into what was essentially a wet hole in the ground, like a piece of rubbish.<br />
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"This had a huge emotional impact on parents. We have been working here for years, but it is very difficult to estimate how many babies were placed in the open graves or identify precise locations."<br />
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By contrast, burials in the smaller cilliní that pepper the countryside retained a sense of ritual. "Traditionally, a dead baby would be buried between dusk on the day it died and sun rise the next day," she says. "Often, it was the fathers who buried them, perhaps with the help of someone in the community. In one site, the remains of 21 babies were found in the floor of a roundhouse and there was a line of white quart delimiting each grave. It had been carefully and systematically done, or often simple stones were erected. Apart from community cilliní, there were also personal burial sites. Babies could be buried quietly on a home farm, where two ditches meet. One woman I spoke to couldn’t bear the thought of her dead children being buried in some obscure corner that she wouldn’t be able to visit when she got older. Her husband buried them under the kerb stone at the back door, so that every time she enters the house she walks over them." While there is still anger about the larger sites, this seems less the case with the small cilliní, which are now being re-assimilated into their communities.<br />
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There is a recognition that these were different times and that different rules applied; a sense of compassion and regret rather than anger.<br />
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Brian O’Sullivan is part of a committee restoring a small cillin, grown over with furze and bramble, close to the small village of Eyeries, on the Beara peninsula in West Cork.<br />
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A similar cillin has been restored in Coulagh in the same parish. "We were always aware that there was a children’s graveyard here," Mr O’Sullivan says. "It is located close to the church, but it is not associated with it and has no right-of-way leading to it. There are no records for the burials here and it wasn’t until we started clearing the site that we realised how big it was, even though there are people still alive who recall it being used in living memory. It seemed a shame that it had been neglected, and now the ground has been consecrated and the babies buried here have been baptised retrospectively. I suppose things happened in the past that shouldn’t have, but this is really about bringing back a part of the village’s history that should be remembered."</div>
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Maryannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07766582794621399482noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-951818431427979314.post-60345667348206082722012-03-27T08:50:00.000-07:002012-03-27T08:50:35.210-07:00An Editorial Regarding the Milltown Situation<b>This editorial was sent to me. What do you think of this latest development? <br />
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<i></i></b>The families who have been involved with the Milltown Cemetery project in Belfast and who have struggled with the fact that the Catholic Church sold the graves of their relatives to a wildlife reserve in 2000 have been dealt another harrowing double-edged blow this month. The cemetery administrator Fr. Martin Graham has issued a dictatorial email to relatives which stated that work on the site was to take place from the 26th of March and that the homemade crosses and plaques which mark the approximate location of some of the graves had to be removed by then. The relatives are stunned by this decision as there had been an agreement that no work would take place on the land until all current investigative work was finished and reports on any further land which may contain human burial produced. It was only at that stage that discussion on what would happen to the six acre strip of land which lies along the eastern boundary of the cemetery was to take place between the relatives and the church, including discussion on what was to replace the family markers. <br />
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The current archaeological investigation involves 53 trenches which are to be dug over approximately twenty-six of the original thirty-seven acres sold by the church in 2000. The decision bmey the church to press ahead with work on the land will in effect disallow a number of trenches to be excavated in some of the most contentious areas within the six acres already returned to the cemetery in 2010. The purpose of this work has always been to identify the presence and extent of burial outside the consecrated ground of the cemetery and this latest move will effectively rob the relatives of their last chance to determine the extent of graves which evidence from numerous ethnographic accounts from local people and past cemetery staff state are present. <br />
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This sticking-plaster approach adopted by the church has been viewed by families as yet another betrayal and continuing evidence of the total disregard in which they are held by the very church which should be protecting them. The church hierarchy however, are in for a continued fight as they discover that the body of the church which they term ‘The ordinaries’ are quite extraordinary when it comes to taking a stand in defence of their own.Maryannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07766582794621399482noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-951818431427979314.post-24797332309288449122012-02-21T10:19:00.000-08:002012-02-21T12:48:50.489-08:00Update on Milltown Cemetery<h6 class="uiStreamMessage" data-ft="{"type":1}"><span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3}"><span style="font-size: small;">Archaeologist Toni Maguire has now confirmed that trench 49 is now closed and work has begun on trench 3. Trench 3 to date has produced 2 Adult and 8 Baby coffins.</span></span></h6><div class="mvm uiStreamAttachments clearfix" data-ft="{"type":10}"><div class="UIImageBlock clearfix"><a ajaxify="/ajax/flash/expand_inline.php?replace=1&target_div=u8oe4y_23&context=story&share_id=326039000779680" aria-hidden="true" class="uiVideoThumb UIImageBlock_Image UIImageBlock_MED_Image" data-ft="{"type":42,"video_type":"share"}" **href="http://www.blogger.com/" id="u8oe4y_23" rel="async" tabindex="-1" **target="_blank"><img alt="" class="img" src="http://external.ak.fbcdn.net/safe_image.php?d=AQB6NGaxntuJ9HSp&url=http%3A%2F%2Fi4.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FGRmwnJp8Lt8%2Fhqdefault.jpg" /><i></i></a> <br />
<div class="UIImageBlock_Content UIImageBlock_MED_Content fsm fwn fcg"><div class="uiAttachmentTitle" data-ft="{"type":11}"><strong><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRmwnJp8Lt8&feature=youtu.be" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" wrc-processed="done">Milltown babies 3.mpg</a><span class="wrc13" style="height: 16px; padding-right: 16px; width: 16px;"> </span></strong> </div></div></div></div>Maryannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07766582794621399482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-951818431427979314.post-50246978333804137132012-01-21T14:43:00.000-08:002012-01-22T09:55:51.191-08:00The Wild Geese Interviews Toni Maguire About CilliniThe Wild Geese is a webzine that documents the history and heritage of the Irish. It has drawn millions of readers to its more than 600 online features during its 14+ years online. <br />
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Most recently they featured a three part interview with <strong>Toni Maguire</strong>, the archaeologist and anthropologist from Belfast who has uncovered the graves of thousands of unbaptized babies in Milltown Cemetery and the Bog Meadows area known as cillini.<br />
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<span id="goog_1244566531"></span><a href="http://thewildgeesegenealogy.blogspot.com/2012/01/archaeologist-uncovering-more-secrets.html">Cillini means "little graveyard" in Irish.</a><a href="http://thewildgeesegenealogy.blogspot.com/2012/01/archaeologist-uncovering-more-secrets.html"> </a><br />
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<a href="http://thewildgeesegenealogy.blogspot.com/2012/01/archaeologist-uncovering-more-secrets.htmlHYPERLINKhttp://thewildgeesegenealogy.blogspot.com/2012/01/archaeologist-uncovering-more-secrets.html"></a>Maryannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07766582794621399482noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-951818431427979314.post-36022206481607000642011-12-15T06:29:00.000-08:002011-12-15T06:38:16.677-08:00DaddyORadio Dedicates an hour to Cillini<div id="AOLMsgPart_0_634d4992-80ea-46ad-b91c-c4f305e5e9f9" style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, Sans-Serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px;"><pre style="font-size: 9pt;"><tt>December 15 a 1 hour IRISH Show starting at 9:00 Am E.S.T.for all listeners of </tt><tt><strong><em>DaddyORadio. </em></strong>It is being dedicated to Cillini. </tt></pre><pre style="font-size: 9pt;"><tt></tt> </pre><pre style="font-size: 9pt;"><tt>Send in your requests to
Phone US (803) 661 3441 or
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</a></tt></pre><pre style="font-size: 9pt;">For those of you who may be tuning into <strong><em>DaddyORadio </em></strong>for the first time, read on to learn about Cillini. </pre><pre style="font-size: 9pt;">Thank you so very much from the <strong>H.U.G. Alliance </strong>to <em>DaddyORadio</em> for supporting such a worthwhile and important cause.</pre><pre style="font-size: 9pt;"> </pre><pre style="font-size: 9pt;"> </pre></div>Maryannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07766582794621399482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-951818431427979314.post-33385097128941231212011-12-11T05:58:00.000-08:002011-12-11T05:58:11.725-08:00Update on Milltown Cemetery Investigation of Geophysical Anomalies<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Joint Press Release by Trustees of Milltown Cemetery and </span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Northern Archeological Consultancy Ltd.</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">30<sup>th</sup> November 2011</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Investigation of Geophysical Anomalies</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Milltown Cemetery Belfast</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Background </span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In spring and early summer 2011, on the instructions of Father Martin Graham and on behalf of The Milltown Cemetery Trustees, a non-intrusive geophysical investigation was carried out by RSK STATS Geoconsult Ltd within an area of Milltown Cemetery and Bog Meadows, Belfast totaling 37 acres in size. Of this, 6 acres were located at the bottom of the current Milltown Cemetery, whilst the remaining 31 acres were within the Bog Meadows which is owned by the Ulster Wildlife Trust. This survey was commissioned to determine the possible presence and location of graves in the vicinity of the current cemetery. In order to do this several geophysical techniques were </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">utilised</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> to provide the most reliable and complete information with regards to the possible presence and location of graves in the various ground types around the site.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">It should be noted that while the geophysical surveys have provided some evidence for graves at the site it has identified some anomalies which may derive from other causes The survey was a highly </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">specialised</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> piece of work, but as noted throughout the report it cannot be definitive in asserting whether or not a specific location had been used for human burial. To confirm or refute the presence of burials it is necessary to investigate by trenching. <o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">As a result of the techniques employed a combined anomaly map, illustrating areas of potential disturbance was produced and a series of recommendations made.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">It was recommended that a representative sample of medium and low confidence possible graves indicated by the data be targeted in areas across the 6-acre and 31-acre sections to prove the nature of these obstructions. It was also recommended that broader areas within the resistivity data that potentially correlate with graves be investigated using appropriate forensic techniques. Where data suggests heterogeneous ground and where the geophysical signals from any graves present may have been masked the areas should be investigated in order to rule out the presence of graves. Where magnetic data show discrete signals that correlate with the location of anomalies indicated from the radar data all or a sample of these locations should be investigated. It was recommended to target a number of the anomalies that are in close proximity to anomalies considered to be more likely due to graves, and also a small representative sample of locations elsewhere in order to provide confidence that these anomaly types are not likely to represent graves.<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Proposed works</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Subsequent to a geophysical survey at Milltown Cemetery carried out in early Summer 2011, Northern Archaeological Consultancy Ltd were contracted, in September 2011, to propose a test trenching exercise to fulfill the recommendations of the geophysical survey and subsequently investigate a sample of recorded anomalies to determine whether or not they are burial related. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">It was proposed that a series of test trenches be hand excavated through a selection of the anomalies to determine whether they are present as a result of burials and if not to establish, if possible, the cause of the anomaly. As well as this we have been asked to investigate two areas currently laid out as burial plots within the cemetery to establish whether or not there are burials present, and to investigate part of the area of the easternmost cemetery road as it appears that there are a series of anomalies running along it which suggest burials along its current length. The 51 locations (3 in the area relating to the drainage works for the Ulster Wildlife Trust and 45 in the area relating to the area surveyed during the Phase 2 Survey have been chosen to examine a variety of anomaly types and as wide an extent of the site as possible, without disturbing more than necessary. As the area with the greatest concentration of targets has been returned to the cemetery with the assumption that the vast majority of contacts are burials it is been deemed unnecessary to investigate that section other than to investigate the former car park areas and the road, as well as the specific areas requested in the southern and northern parts of the cemetery. The trenches, will be laid out on the ground by the persons who conducted the survey; RSK.<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A series of 51, 1m wide trenches, totaling around 585m in length, will be excavated by hand, to establish the underlying ground conditions and to locate the nature and extend of burials across the site. Where appropriate, the excavation may require using a mini digger or other small mechanical excavator with a flat bucket (sheugh bucket), to remove rubble or lift hard surfaces but will not be used in locating burials. The sod and vegetation will be lifted, stored separately and re-laid after back filling to minimise disturbance after the investigation is over. To be certain if burials are present or absent the excavation will continue to the water table, undisturbed subsoil or to the surface of any burial or reason for the anomaly. Manual techniques will be used where suspected burials are encountered, or if delicate work is required. It is likely that most of the anomalies are visible or present within 1m of the surface, though this may not be the case if multiple burials are present.<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Work will be carried out in three phases with trenching in Phase 1 being 9 trenches (Trenches 1 to 9) totaling around 220m located in the current cemetery and in the 6 acres returned to the Trustees of Milltown. 38 trenches total around 335m in length (Trenches 10 to 47) and are located in the land currently owned by the Ulster Wildlife Trust. A further 4 trenches 47-51, around 30m in length, have been requested following consultation with all concerned parties, these will be undertaken as Phase 3.<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Trenches will be backfilled as the work progresses rather than left open to </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">minimise</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> potential for injury or further disturbance. This part of the work will be carried out using a mechanical excavator as will hard surface and rubble removal, under the direction and supervision of the archaeologist. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Any burials or archaeological sites or features discovered during archaeological trial trenching will be preserved in situ. If it is deemed to be a potential grave it will be investigated to the level where it is possible to determine whether or not it is an actual human burial. If a burial is uncovered the relevant contacts will be informed. They will be located using GPS, and marked on a master plan created using an EDM. A report detailing this information will be created and submitted to the relevant persons subsequent to the investigation. Please note that no excavation or removal of burials and/or archaeological remains will be undertaken during this investigation and that no invasive archaeological excavation can be undertaken prior to NIEA consultation and approval of a scheme of works.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Unauthorised</span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> burials</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">There is the potential for burials to be uncovered during this investigation that were not sanctioned by the Catholic Church or the management and staff of the cemetery If such burials are uncovered within the area in the ownership or formerly in the ownership of the trustees of Milltown Cemetery it is an </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">unauthorised</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">burial. If this is the case the site investigation will be halted in that area, Father Martin Graham, and the other representatives of the cemetery and Ulster Wildlife Trust will be contacted and the PSNI will be informed. Their requirements will then be followed.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For more information, contact</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Fr Edward McGee<o:p></o:p></span></div><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Down and Connor Diocese<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span lang="FR" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: FR; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Media Liaison </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Officer</span><span lang="FR" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: FR; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span lang="FR" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: FR; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Tel. 07811144268<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span lang="FR" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: FR; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">E-mail: </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="https://owa.qub.ac.uk/owa/redir.aspx?C=573448b8b36b4dc991fd6f347cae3201&URL=mailto%3adcpress%40downandconnor.org"><span lang="FR" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: FR;">dcpress@downandconnor.org</span></a></span><span lang="FR" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: FR; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span>Maryannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07766582794621399482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-951818431427979314.post-9216370786568180722011-10-23T15:36:00.000-07:002011-10-23T16:00:17.197-07:00In memory of the Family of Babies Children and Adults who are Buried in The Bog Meadows area of Miltown Cemetery and Throughout the Island of Ireland<span class="messageBody translationEligibleUserMessage" data-ft="{"type":3}"></span><br />
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<br />
<strong>Denied </strong><br />
<br />
Sister Monica had a special box<br />
sat on her wooden desk beside her cane<br />
her roll book, rosaries and bible.<br />
<span class="text_exposed_show">Collections for the little mites<br />
limbo babies<br />
pagan babies<br />
lost souls<br />
the unbaptised<br />
Nothing more to be said.<br />
At age six we prayed hard for the babies<br />
nameless and godless and without<br />
questioning the word of God<br />
or Mother Monica we felt loss. <br />
I held an image of a lost soul in my mind<br />
carried it with me into secondary school.<br />
In childhood overheard muttered prayers<br />
A grandmother weeping<br />
a trail of tears when thought un-noticed.<br />
Visits to ancient church ruins <br />
flowers laid by the old stones<br />
prayers said while watching the invisible<br />
blow leaves around the ruins.<br />
Babies denied recognition<br />
Buried on the outer edge of their parish churches <br />
Babies who had no place in heaven.<br />
Their sin, still born, unbaptised at the time of death.<br />
Parents lost in the mire of faith, grieved alone.<br />
Under the landscapes of boundaries<br />
and fields many mass graves lie denied.<br />
For them I mourn…</span><br />
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<div class="text_exposed_root text_exposed"></div>Maryannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07766582794621399482noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-951818431427979314.post-43099326220682954982011-10-12T11:13:00.000-07:002011-10-12T11:13:26.022-07:00On the "Churching" of WomenI heard of this practice the other day so I "googled" it and saw that there is quite a bit of information on it (see <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Churching_of_women">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Churching_of_women</a>). <br />
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Churching is a blessing by a priest that is bestowed upon women who have just given birth. It was usually done forty days after the birth, that period of time given to the mother to rest in preparation for returning to Church and participation in the sacraments. <br />
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I was surprised to find out that my own mother had been churched after the births of my five brothers and sisters and myself in the 1950's and 60's. The daughter of Irish immigrants, the churching ritual was practiced mostly in the UK and Ireland and was continued in this country for many years. However, it is no longer practiced in mainstream Catholic Churches like it once was. <br />
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According to Church laws, any woman who died within that 40 day time period following the birth, gave birth to a stillborn baby, was unmarried, or was otherwise not churched for whatever reason was seen in the eyes of the Church as unclean and therefore could be denied burial in consecrated grounds. For that reason, many of them are buried in the Cillini.Maryannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07766582794621399482noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-951818431427979314.post-23860006128532331902011-09-15T17:08:00.000-07:002011-09-15T17:39:32.899-07:00Fiercely Protect Your National HeritageAs you may have heard, a proposal has been made by the Irish Department <br />
of Arts, Heritage the Gaeltacht to remove statutory protection from <br />
archaeological and historical sites that post-date 1700. <br />
<br />
This is a very troubling proposition. The Irish people have a right to <br />
preserve and protect that which is important and dear to them. That includes <br />
environmental protection and historic and cultural preservation. It is what makes <br />
up their heritage and should not be left vulnerable or endangered. <br />
<br />
The bodies discovered in the Cillini at Milltown alone may be the tip<br />
of the proverbial iceberg . To suddenly leave them defenseless would be <br />
nothing less than criminal.<br />
<br />
Enough injustices have already taken place.<br />
<br />
Make sure that your voice is heard. <br />
<br />
Don't let your heritage go unprotected. <br />
<br />
Contact your government officials and let them know that you are against <br />
this proposal.Maryannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07766582794621399482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-951818431427979314.post-74328915060243732342011-09-14T06:21:00.000-07:002011-09-14T06:21:04.350-07:00Who Was Denied Burial in Consecrated Grounds and WhyThough the Catholic Church has changed it's stance on many issues, in the past the Church had complete power and the people were basically at their mercy. Catholic burials were denied to many groups of people. <br />
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Only baptized persons who have a claim to Christian burial and the rites of the Catholic church could obtain a Catholic burial. This obviously excluded unbaptized babies. <br />
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According to the Catholic Encyclopedia: “Moreover no strict claim can be allowed in the case of those persons who have not lived in communion with the Church according to the maxim which comes down from the time of Pope Leo the Great (448) “quibus viventibus non communicavimus mortuis communicare non possumus” (we cannot hold communion in death with those who in life were not in communion with us). It has further been recognized as a principle that the last rites of the Church constitute a mark of respect which is not to be shown to those who in their lives have proved themselves unworthy of it.”<br />
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Others who have historically and are today excluded from Catholic burial include pagans, Jews, infidels, heretics (and their adherents), schismatics, apostates and excommunicated persons. In fact, if an excommunicated person is buried in a church or in consecrated land, the place is thereby desecrated, and, wherever possible, the remains must be exhumed and buried elsewhere.<br />
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People who are of mixed marriages cannot be buried in a Catholic Cemetery unless the marriage is blessed by a priest. Therefore the Catholic spouse would have to be buried in a non-denominational cemetery if they wished to be buried next to their non-Catholic spouse.<br />
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Further, Catholic burial is to be refused to suicides except in case that the act was committed when they were of unsound mind or unless they showed signs of repentance before death occurred.<br />
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Criminals cannot be given a Catholic burial since they have mortal sin on their souls. <br />
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Perhaps one of the most difficult to justify is the denial of Catholic burial for the mentally ill (referred to as lunatics and possibly possessed by a devil). Given the fact that as many as one in four people suffer from some kind of mental illness, this could constitute a huge number. <br />
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Maryannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07766582794621399482noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-951818431427979314.post-2521909688372767442011-09-11T11:27:00.000-07:002011-09-11T11:27:08.682-07:00The Joyful Irish View of the AfterlifeAn excerpt from a page created by M. Seaver. Last revised 3/28/00.<br />
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The world of the Irish afterlife is known by many names. The exact location of this wonderful land is not known. The one thing agreed upon by most is that it lies to the west of Ireland. Some of the names associated with it are: <br />
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<ul><li>Tir na n-Og </li>
<li>The Land of the Young </li>
<li>Hy-Brasil </li>
<li>the Isle of the Blest </li>
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Beyond all dreams my land delights, <br />
Fairer than any eyes have seen, <br />
All year round, the fruits hang bright, <br />
As the flowers bloom in the meadows green. <br />
Wild honey drips from the forest trees, <br />
We have endless stocks of meadow and wine, <br />
No illness comes from Across the seas, <br />
Nor death, nor pain, nor sad decline. <br />
No boredom comes to feast or chase, <br />
The music plays as the champions sport, <br />
The light and splendours all increase <br />
Each day in the Golden Land of Youth. (qtd. in Delaney 87) <br />
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Everything in this land was beautiful, bright and colorful. Delaney notes that it is called the Land of the Young because in this paradise, the aging process is reversed, so the youngest are the wisest. Time has no meaning in this place, and day changes to night and then back to day for one person whenever they desired it to do so. Everyone's soul desired to get to this wonderful place, which was more like a dream world than a land for the dead (85-95). The land was full of color, it was a lively land, bright and cheerful. It was as large or as small of a land as they wanted.<br />
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Works Cited <br />
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Cerf, Bennet and Donald S. Klopfer. Bulfinch's Mythology. New York: Random House, 1960. <br />
Delaney, Frank. Legends of the Celts. New York: Sterling, 1992. <br />
Fitzgerald, Dominic. "Celtic Mythology." August 1998. Online. 21 Oct. 1999 < http://freespace.virgin.net/dominic.fitzgerald/celtic.> <br />
Severy, Merle. "The Celts." National Geographic 151 no. 5 (May 1997): 582-633. <br />
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History and Thought of Western Man <br />
Rich East High School * Park Forest, IL 60466Maryannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07766582794621399482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-951818431427979314.post-56919943237011431232011-09-02T23:33:00.000-07:002011-09-02T23:33:30.547-07:00National Suicide Prevention Week - September 4-10, 2011<strong>Join us in changing the legacy of those lost to suicide this week during National Suicide Prevention Week.</strong> <br />
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It gives us all an opportunity to say a prayer or simply think positive thoughts about those who may have lost that battle. <br />
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Acknowledge those who were denied a burial in consecrated grounds like the many who were buried in Bog Meadows. <br />
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Suicide is preventable and we can all play a role in raising that awareness. Maryannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07766582794621399482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-951818431427979314.post-58386881242219813362011-09-02T17:49:00.000-07:002011-09-02T17:49:24.039-07:00Irish National Register of Cillini and National Marker for these SitesIRELAND NEEDS TO LEAD THE WAY!<br />
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Toni Maguire, the Milltown Archaeologist has just received a new survey of the Bog Meadows in Belfast. It was done with ground penetrating radar. Initially she estimated that there were 30,000 bodies buried there but the new survey has shown more mass graves. <br />
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Furthermore she believes a 3rd survey is in order on grounds where a motorway now stands. This is a huge issue as Ireland has thousands of Cillini sites all throughout the country.<br />
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We hope to achieve the right to a decent burial for stillbirths throughout the world, an Irish national register of Cillini and a national marker for these sites.Maryannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07766582794621399482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-951818431427979314.post-6749054366062309872011-09-02T16:30:00.000-07:002011-09-02T16:30:33.269-07:00New Legislation Desperately Needed on Cillini<div id="AOLMsgPart_0_a7750429-f913-4e97-b5a8-290114ed4778" style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, Sans-Serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px;"><pre style="font-size: 9pt;"><tt>Following is an update on the cillini in Ireland, in particular, the Bog Meadows project. </tt><tt>Parents and relatives are currently ignored by the Catholic Church and are unrepresented by society in general.
These sites are fragile and as history has demonstrated, easily destroyed as they usually remain unmarked in the landscape; the location is often remembered only by those who actually buried those babies in Cillini and the grieving parents of the babies.
In the case of Milltown (as with other Catholic cemeteries across Ireland) those who were not baptised were considered to be unworthy of remembrance and assigned to an unmarked shallow grave in unconsecrated grounds, or mass Poor Ground graves, many times with hundreds of babies in one grave.
One of the main issues to be contended with is the fact that Catholic Cemeteries are private burial grounds, and as such are outside the legal legislation governing the management of council cemeteries. This effectively allows the church complete autonomy to act as they wish without any regulation. </tt><tt>We need new legislation that addresses all the issues surrounding burial practices. </tt></pre></div>Maryannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07766582794621399482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-951818431427979314.post-46774495588193611472011-07-16T12:58:00.000-07:002011-07-16T12:58:35.010-07:00Project Update<div>Hello Ms. Maguire:</div><div> </div><div>Thank you for your post and for your interest in our project. </div><div> </div><div>Of course, we are quite familiar with your name and your wonderful work, having done research on Irish Cilliní. </div><div> </div><div>As you can see from our blog, our original goal was to produce a documentary on the subject, but then got word that the BBC was doing just that (a bit larger than our operation, as you might well imagine). However, we were not deterred, as what we lack in size, we make up for in commitment and perseverance. We continued with the listing of Cilliní throughout Ireland. After that we put together the Facebook Page and slowly, but steadily we are attempting to spread the word. </div><div> </div><div>The tragedy of Milltown of course brought it to the forefront, but it's sad to think that there are so many more, and that behind the numbers are real families who have suffered unimaginable grief. We believe there is still a story that needs to be told. </div><div> </div><div>As you said, there is no memorial to mark the locations, but there are those among us who possess the artistic ability to create something like that and those who have what it takes to bring it to fruition. If we can serve as the "convenors" of those who can accomplish projects such as these, then that will be a job well done. If we can possibly create a documentary down the road that tells the situation in the <em>whole</em> of Ireland, that would be better yet.</div><div> </div><div>In any event, we would absolutely love to have you involved in our project. Your expertise and knowledge would be most welcome. </div><div> </div><div>Looking forward to hearing from you again.</div><div> </div><div>Sincerely,</div><div>Maryann Tracy<br />
Belinda Weldon Evangelista</div><div> </div><div><br />
</div>Maryannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07766582794621399482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-951818431427979314.post-38344919225138734392011-02-11T06:50:00.000-08:002011-02-11T06:50:51.513-08:00Limbo BabiesSee discussion of Limbo Babies from Richard Dawkins Foundation<br />
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<a href="http://richarddawkins.net/discussions/587134-limbo-babies">http://richarddawkins.net/discussions/587134-limbo-babies</a>Maryannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07766582794621399482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-951818431427979314.post-55669305403459060652011-01-15T11:54:00.000-08:002011-01-15T11:54:47.828-08:00Irish Cillini<span class="messageBody">Carrowkeel, Co. Galway<br />
Corcullen, Bushy Park, Co. Galway<br />
Ballintoy Co Antrim<br />
Ballykissane Co Kerry<br />
Ballinaboy Co Cork?<br />
Fourknocks Co Meath<br />
Knockane Co Kerry<br />
Dunloe Co Kerry<br />
Mainistir Chiaráin, Inis Mór<br />
MOUNT OFFALY, CABINTEELY Co Dublin?<br />
Quigley’s Point, Carrowkeel Co Donegal<br />
Castle Carra, Cushendun Co Antrim<br />
Kill, Monasterevin Co Kildare<br />
Caher Point, Tonatanvally, Achill Island<br />
Johnstown, Co Meath<br />
Ross Co Waterford<br />
Gneevebeg Co West Meath<br />
ST PATRICK’S CHURCH, ARMOY Co Antrim<br />
Rahilly, Co Galway<br />
Ballykilmore, Co West Meath<br />
Templeteenaun, Ballinagee, Co Wicklow?<br />
Celbridge workhouse graveyard, Co Kildare<br />
Carrigatogher (Harding), Co Tipperary?<br />
Milverton Golf Resort, Grange Co Dublin<br />
Laurencefields, Loughrea, Co Galway<br />
Doonties East, Co Kerry?<br />
Johnstown Glebe, Co Laois"St Coey's Wells" Templecowey, Co </span><br />
<span class="messageBody">Down<br />
lackenavorna Co Tipperary?<br />
Mackney, Co. Galway <br />
ASKILLAUN, Co Mayo<br />
KILLADOON,Co Mayo<br />
MURRISK — LECANVEY, Co Mayo</span><br />
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<span class="messageBody"><strong><em>Below is a list from Co Roscommon of Childrens burial </em></strong></span><br />
<span class="messageBody"><strong><em>grounds</em></strong>Tintagh CBG Tintagh Aghanagh Elphin <br />
Church Hill BG & CBG Church Hill Ardcarne Elphin <br />
Correal G'yard & CBG Correal Athleague Elphin <br />
Ardkeenan CBG Ardkeenan Athlone Elphin <br />
Clonellon CBG Cloonillan Athlone Elphin <br />
Glebe G'yard & CBG Glebe Ballaghaderreen Achonry <br />
Cloonlumney CBG Cloonlumney Ballaghaderreen Achonry <br />
Ardkill CBG Ardkill Ballaghaderreen Achonry <br />
Boghtaduff CBG Boghtaduff Ballaghaderreen Achonry <br />
Creggan CBG Creggan Ballaghaderreen Achonry <br />
Hawksford CBG 2 Hawksford Ballaghaderreen Achonry <br />
Hawksford CBG 1 Hawksford Ballaghaderreen Achonry <br />
Gortanure CBG Gortanure Ballaghaderreen (Carracastle) </span><br />
<span class="messageBody">Achonry <br />
Derrycoagh CBG Derrycoagh Ballinameen Elphin <br />
Tonroe or Creen CBG Tonroe or Creen Ballinameen Elphin <br />
Carrowreagh CBG Carrowreagh Ballintober Elphin <br />
Lisnagavragh CBG Lisnagavragh Ballyforan Elphin <br />
Turrock CBG Turrock Ballyforan Elphin <br />
Feevagh CBG Feevagh Ballyforan Elphin <br />
Curraghadoon CBG Curraghadoon Ballyforan Elphin <br />
Doon CBG Doon Boyle Elphin <br />
Ballindrumlea CBG Ballindrumlea Castlerea Elphin <br />
Cloonbonniff CBG Cloonbonniff Castlerea Elphin <br />
Clooncoose South CBG Clooncoose South Castlerea Elphin <br />
Tarmon CBG Termon More Castlerea Elphin <br />
Emlagh G'yard & CBG Emlagh Castlerea Elphin <br />
Moor CBG Moor Castlerea Elphin <br />
Attirory CBG Attirory Creagh Clonfert <br />
Ballygortagh CBG Ballygortagh Creagh Clonfert <br />
Kilhooly CBG Cureentorpan Fairymount Elphin <br />
Tully CBG (Kilcorkey) Tully Frenchpark Elphin <br />
Ballaghcullia CBG Ballaghcullia Frenchpark Elphin <br />
Cornamucklagh CBG Cornamucklagh and Falmore Frenchpark </span><br />
<span class="messageBody">Elphin <br />
Portahard CBG Portaghard Frenchpark Elphin <br />
Sheepwalk CBG Sheepwalk Frenchpark Elphin <br />
Kilbegnet Old GY & CBG Kilbegnet Kilbegnet (aka Creggs) </span><br />
<span class="messageBody">Elphin <br />
Ballymoylin CBG Ballymoylin Kilglass Elphin <br />
Brideswell CBG Brideswell Kiltoom & Cam Elphin <br />
Carrick CBG Carrick Kiltoom & Cam Elphin <br />
Lysterfield CBG 2 Lysterfield Kiltoom & Cam Elphin <br />
Lysterfield CBG 1 Lysterfield Kiltoom & Cam Elphin <br />
Coolnageer BG & CBG Coolnageer Kiltoom & Cam Elphin <br />
Ballybane Upper CBG Ballybane Upper Kiltullagh Tuam <br />
Castlequarter CBG Castlequarter Kiltullagh Tuam <br />
Clooncrim CBG Clooncrim Kiltullagh Tuam <br />
Meeltraun CBG Meeltraun (Denis Kelly) Kiltullagh Tuam <br />
Stonepark South CBG Stonepark South Kiltullagh Tuam <br />
Teampalin Mhuire CBG Pollanalty West Kiltullagh Tuam <br />
Themhair GY & CBG Churchquarter Kiltullagh Tuam <br />
Scrine CBG Skrine Knockcroghery Elphin <br />
Carnagh East CBG Carnagh East Knockcroghery Elphin <br />
Carrownaknockaun CBG Carrownaknockaun LoughgIinn Elphin <br />
Cloonargid CBG Cloonargid Loughglinn Elphin <br />
Clooncan CBG Clooncan Loughglinn Elphin <br />
Gortaganny CBG Gortaganny Loughglinn Elphin <br />
Tully CBG (Tibohine) Tully Loughglinn Elphin <br />
Cloonfad CBG Cloonfad Moore Tuam <br />
Cloonfad West CBG Cloonfad Moore Tuam <br />
Newtown Kilcashel CBG 2 Newtown Kilcashel Moore Tuam <br />
Newtown Kilcashel CBG 1 Newtown Kilcashel Moore Tuam <br />
Highlake CBG Highlake Oran Elphin <br />
Carrownageeloge CBG Carrownageeloge Oran Elphin <br />
Carrane CBG Caran Oran Elphin <br />
Rath- na-nEag CBG Kiltultoge Oran Elphin <br />
Tonebane CBG Tonbaun Oran Elphin <br />
Ardlagheen CBG Ardlagheen More or Highlake Oran Elphin <br />
Ballinaboy CBG Ballinaboy Roscommon Elphin <br />
Lisbride Tomb vault CBG Lisbride Roscommon Elphin <br />
Kilkenny CBG 1 Kilkenny Taughmaconnell Clonfert <br />
Cloonaddron CBG Cloonaddron Taughmaconnell Clonfert <br />
Camlagh CBG Camlagh Taughmaconnell Clonfert <br />
Cloonoghil G'yard & CBG Cloonoghil Taughmaconnell Clonfert <br />
Tawagh CBG Tawnagh Taughmaconnell Clonfert <br />
Castlesampson CBG Castlesampson Taughmaconnell Clonfert <br />
Knock CBG Knock Taughmaconnell Clonfert <br />
Killeglan CBG Killeglan Taughmaconnell Clonfert <br />
Carns Burial G'd & CBG Carns Tulsk Elphin <br />
Castleteehan CBG Castleteheen Tulsk Elphin <br />
Bealadangan and Annaghvaan, Co Galway<br />
Cillín lom Loscáin, or bare little church of Loscáin is </span><br />
<span class="messageBody">located just off Derrymore strand in Dingle, County Kerry </span><br />
<span class="messageBody">(for both unbaptised babies and men lost at sea) <br />
Island Eddy, Co Galway<br />
Croagh Patrick, Co Mayo<br />
Tiermana & Moyglass, Co Clare<br />
The Teampollin in Poolboy<br />
Ballygortagh, Creagh<br />
Grange just past Mackney<br />
Lismurtagh in the Loughbown area and there is another one in </span><br />
<span class="messageBody">Mackney on Clarke's land. All in Ballinasloe Co Galway<br />
ZDUNAFF, BINION and STRAID,Ballyliffen Co Donegal<br />
Killeen and Kilbreedy, Kilcornan Co Limerick<br />
Ballinastack,Glenamaddy, Co Galway<br />
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<span class="messageBody"><strong><em>County Kerry (in the vicinity of Tarbert and Ballylongford)</em></strong></span><br />
<span class="messageBody">Astee West<br />
Slis<br />
Dooncaha<br />
Tullahennel North townlands - <br />
one in Kilcolman, one at Kilmurrily medieval church <br />
Carrigafoyle<br />
Carrigane<br />
Glanawillin<br />
Killelton</span>Maryannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07766582794621399482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-951818431427979314.post-39578303606047431592011-01-15T11:16:00.000-08:002011-01-16T17:16:49.809-08:00BBC Doing Documentary Similar to Our Proposed DocumentaryAs we speak the BBC is producing a documentary with the emphases on Milltown. Therefore, the focus of this blog will change to reporting on Irish <strong><em>Cillini.</em></strong> <br />
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We are currently compilling a list of Cillini throughout Ireland.<br />
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<span class="messageBody">From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: <br />
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A cillín is an unconsecrated burial place for children unbaptised at the time of death. Suicides, the mentally ill as well as criminal were also buried in cillíns.<br />
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The word is thought to come from Latin cella [1].</span>Maryannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07766582794621399482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-951818431427979314.post-65353934603766933792010-12-09T16:19:00.000-08:002010-12-09T16:19:01.729-08:00Burial Rites and TraditionsFollowing is a story that was conveyed during the course of our first focus group. Much to our surprise it happened in the early 1960's in the United States. <br />
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A woman had twins prematurely (4-6 wks.), and the first was really born at home. She raced to the hospital but the first baby was already gone. She was told that they had to take the second baby who also died. It turned to be a boy and a girl. <br />
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The hospital refused to tell the woman what they had done with the babies or if and where they were buried. It haunted her terribly throughout her life that she was unable to grieve and visit their graves, etc. She was never able to talk about it or tell her other children about it until they were grown.<br />
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Every life is sacred and we have an obligation to treat it with dignity and respect even when life has ended. The issue of burial rites is a universal one. Maryannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07766582794621399482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-951818431427979314.post-49931695411346662932010-12-09T15:15:00.000-08:002010-12-09T15:15:34.998-08:00Crypto-Judasim in IrelandAccording to Wikipedia, the earliest reference to the Jews in Ireland was in the year 1079. <br />
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A permanent settlement of Jews was definitely established, however, in the late fifteenth century. Following their expulsion from Portugal in 1496, some of these Marrano Jews settled on Ireland's south coast. Ireland's first synagogue was founded in 1660 near Dublin Castle, and the first Jewish cemetery was founded in the early eighteenth century in the Fairview district of Dublin, where there was a small Jewish colony.<br />
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There is a history of people known as Crypto-Jews who were a community of people who fled from the Spanish Inquisition and practiced Judiasm underground while posing as Catholics. They were buried in cemeteries reserved for infants who died before baptism. The un-baptised infants and crypto Jews were buried away from the consecrated graveyard alongside murderers, lunatics and others deemed beyond salvation.Maryannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07766582794621399482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-951818431427979314.post-14075002695088080742010-12-08T06:51:00.000-08:002010-12-08T06:51:56.825-08:00Our Proposed DocumentaryThis blog is about a proposed documentary which is in it's beginning stages.<br />
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The main concept is Celtic mysticism, Irish burial rites and traditions from conception through birth, miscarriage and stillbirth beginning in the 14th century. It also involves Ballykissane and the Crypto Jews. <br />
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We had our first focus group which consisted of 12 women. They were very forthcoming with personal stories of insensitive treatment and injustices suffered during miscarriages and infant deaths. It was shocking to hear that stories of current times bore striking parallels to the research we have conducted on practices that were common seven centuries ago. We have several focus groups scheduled in the near future and have found it very easy to recruit women who are anxious to participate. <br />
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We invite all of you to do the same. Maryannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07766582794621399482noreply@blogger.com3