School: St. Joseph's, Illies
- Location:
- Illies, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: F. Loughlin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1112, Page 506
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- There are four churchyards in this parish and their names are Cockhill which is situated in the townland of the same name, Buncrana which is situated in Buncrana town. Desertegny which is situated in the townland of Muirigh, and Desertegny which is situated in the townland of Greenhill.
None of the churchyards is round in shape, they are rectangular. There are churches in three of them and a ruined one in the Greenhill church.
The churchyard in Cockhill is divided into two pars by a road running north and south and the portion of the churchyard to the west is level, but the portion to the east slopes towards the east. The churchyard of Buncrana is rectangular and slopes for a short distance towards the west and then it is level.
