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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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