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ryaner Jul 4, 2006 08:51:26
Replying to bawn79

bawn79 wrote:
A cillin is one of those childrens graveyards, where the unbaptised where buried. A lot of them are circular I think. Sad, lonely wee spots really.
What a weird concept. I think I'll start checking them out anyway.

F FourWinds
FourWinds Jul 6, 2006 22:22:14
Replying to ryaner

Yup, a cillín is a childrens graveyard. As Catholics believe in the original sin an unbaptised child couldn't be buried in a church graveyard as they are still 'tainted'.

The word comes from the same root as kill or church: killeen - a small church.

Many of them are in old raths or possibly henges in some cases, hence why they're mainly round.