School: Donore (roll number 6668)
- Location:
- Donore, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Maighréad Nic Eóin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0682, Page 060
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- Name: Donore.
Parish: Donore.
Barony: Lower Duleek.
Number of families: About 35.
Number of people: One hundred and thirty.
Family names most common: Murray, Fullam, Doonan.
Some of the old family names: Doran, Bellew, Clinch, Leonard, are dying out.
Types of houses: Most of the houses are slated, but there are still some thatched ones. Cottages are plentiful.
How the townland got its name: There is a story told that when King James was passing through Donore on his way to Dublin after the Battle of the Boyne, some of the people in the village asked him how the battle was going on and he said, "It is done and over".
Old people: John martin, Donore; Andrew Drumgoole, Donore; Patrick Barron, Donore; Michael Barron, Donore Rd.; all over 70 years of age.
Mrs. Anne Gogarty (over 80), Peter Boyle (over 80), Mrs. Brigid Drumgoole (over 90).
They do not know Irish, but they can tell stories in English.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Gerard Victory
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Donore, Co. Meath
- Informant
- James Fox
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 60
- Address
- Donore, Co. Meath
