School: Drumakill (roll number 6365)

Location:
Drumakill, Co. Monaghan
Teacher:
Florence Harrison
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0943, Page 138

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0943, Page 138

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  1. There are six graveyards in this parish. They are Oram in the townland Oram. Frankford in the townland of Anyart. First Castleblayney in the townland of Drumillard Castleblayney parish and the chapel both in the townland of Tullnacronit and Mullandoy in the townland of Church-Hill. All these are in use except Mullandoy. Frankford and Mullandoy graveyards are the only two round in shape. There is a church in each of these graveyards except Mullandoy and it has long fallen to the ground. Some of these graveyards are level and some are sloped. Some of them slant to the West. There are trees in all these graveyards. There is a wishing tree in Mullandoy and it is covered with pins, nails, hairpins, and other articles. In Mullandoy there ae old tomb stones but in
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    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. historical and commemorative structures (~6,794)
          1. graveyards (~2,501)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Jane Wilson
    Gender
    Female