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| COOKSBOROUGH , a hamlet of a few houses strung together about eight
miles east of Mullingar on the Delvin Road (N52), has an unusual beehive-shaped
tomb, which might tempt you as a short detour. Neither Cooksborough nor
the tomb is signposted but you can find it by looking out for the sign
to the Bee Hive Nite Club : about thirty yards past this, in the
direction of Delvin, enter by an old gate and cross the field to a
church and graveyard smothered in bramble, weed and grass. The tomb,
which looks like a stone missile warhead poking out of its silo, is that
of Adolphus Cooke and his nurse Mary Kelly. A famous local eccentric,
Cooke was convinced that he would be reincarnated as a bee and so made
sure he was prepared for the event. During his life he was similarly
convinced that one of the turkeys scratching around in his yard was his
father reincarnated. He also had the windows of his house made into the
shape of spoon-backed chairs, in order to reflect the furniture within. |
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