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School: Druim Mór (roll number 11901)

Location:
Dromore, Co. Monaghan
Teacher:
P. Ó Conghaile
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0944, Page 206

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  1. The Old Graveyard

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    In the parish of Muckno there are three Catholic graveyard and two Protestant ones, Castleblayney and Oram are Catholic and still in use while Mullandoe famous over the North is closed. Francis Kieran of Drumakill was the last man buried there (1915) Frankfort and the Grove are two non - Catholic graveyards
    Mullandoe graveyard is round and raised from the surrounding fields like a fort. It slopes gently towards Muckno lake (to the East) which lies a short way below it.
    The churchyard is surrounding by a hill of trees
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. penal times (~4,335)
    2. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. historical and commemorative structures (~6,794)
          1. graveyards (~2,501)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Ita Conlon
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Dromore, Co. Monaghan
    Informant
    James Conlon
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    46
    Address
    Dromore, Co. Monaghan