School: Doirín Dáimh Dheirg / Dereendafderg (roll number 13469)

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1. Describe the Church or Chapel you Know Best (continued)

   

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   at the gate and some are seated on the walls. Some of the congregation can still be seen wending their way up the little borheen from Ballyburke.
   Then the buzz of the priest's ear reaches my ears. Ding dong, ding dong, there goes the bell. The women are usually inside, but the men remain outside until the bell rings. Then they trample noisily down the Church and everybody kneels in prayer.
   The Church is rather small but it is very pretty. The walls in the interior are distempered blue and the walls about the altar are ornamented with various colours. The altar stands at the east side of

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   History Edit

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Bríghid Ní Ging

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Doire an Daimh Dheirg, Co. Mayo