There are five churchyards in this parish. One of them is in Lower Doora, one in Upper Doora, one in Noughaville, one in Castletown, and one in Killbricken. People are buried in Lower Doora and in Upper Doora at present. They were buried in Castletown and in Noughavilla up to ten or eleven years ago. The churchyards are square. There are the remains of an old church in Upper Doora, people are buried inside in it.
The churchyards of Upper Doora, Lower Doora, and Killbricken are sloped. Lower Doora slopes towards the North. Killbricken slopes towards the South and Upper Doora slopes towards the east

There are four churchyards in the parish long ago namely, Upper Doora Churchyard, Castletown graveyard, Noughaville and Croganeayure. Only two are used now. They are all in the parish of Doora. People are buried in Lower Doora and Upper Doora at present. The remains of an old church are

There was a hurling one time in a field at home called "The Middle Field." Clooney and Doora were playing. There were twenty-one men at each side. I do not know who was the captain. The men were chosen by the captain. This parish - Doora, won the match. The Doora boys were the best players. They used have only their shirts and trousers on them.

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3. "Roads"
There are a good many roads in the parish of Doora ,namely Ballyglass road,the Doora road, the Gauris road ,the Moyriesk road, the Old road,and the Cragane road .The Ballyglass road leads to Balllyglass,the Doora road leads into Ennis.the Gauris road leads up to Gauris,the Moyriesk road leads over to Moyreisk and the Cragane road leads over to Cragane.There are also boreens and short-cuts in Doora and some people go to Mass by them.

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"The Patron Saint of the Locality"Long ago there was a saint living in Doora.He is the patron saint of Doora and Kilmurry Ibricken.
He was stationed in many parishes in the county.He was stationed in Doora one time and built a church there.
The name of the townland in which the saint built his church was Killbricken and it was from that saint that the townland got its name.
The ruins of the church are now marked by a grove near the church in Doora near Ennis.There is a boy in Doora called after him Bricken O 'Malley.

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The Story among the old people regarding the building of the Church by St.Brecan is as follows.-"When St Brecan came to Doora to to build his church he first laid the foundation of it at Killavella. While building there a woman passed one day and did not say "God bless the work".St Brecan decided that this was an unlucky omen and he took a step which landed him in Ballaghboy .The print of his foot is to be seen there.The place was too rocky and uneven and he proceeded to Upper Doora near the Railway.He found the ground too wet and soft and at last he found a little hill on which the burial ground now ."
Another story used be told of the building of the church by St Brecan ."St Michael the Archangel guided St Brecan to Doora and directed him to build a church at Carrantemple but he never finished the Church because he thought it would not be lucky as he was working a woman passed by and never said "God bless the work" .St Michael then took a large step which landed him in the well -crag in Kilbrecken.A blessed well sprung up where he left his foot and to mark the spot he planted an ash tree.He said that people would visit there and pray and that he would hear and answer their prayers and he directed St Brecan to proceed to Doora where the churchyard now is."

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4 "Churchyards"There are four churchyards in the parish ,Doora churchyard,Castletown churchyard,Kilbrickan churchyard and the Chapel yard..The people are not buried in some of these churchyards now.One of those is derelict now.Two of them are round and the other one is square.The remains of a church is in two of them and there is a church in the other one.The people are buried in the Old Church yet.Doora churchyard is sloping to the east.Castletown is facing the South,and Doora is flat.There are trees in one and there are bushes in all the others.There are old crosses and old tombs in three of them

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There was an old thatcher in Doora long ago his name was Tom Jones. He could put up four strokes in a day. He was the best thatcher in Doora.

There are the remains of an old castle in Castletown. I do not know who built it. It belongs to the Horans. It is built over two hundred years. It is situated in the townland of Castletown, which is in the parish of Doora and in the barony of Upper Bunratty. Nobody was ever put to death in it.
There are the remains of an old church in Doora. The people have not any story about

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3 Churchyards.There are five churchyards in the Parish of Doora.I do not know their names .One is in Castletown and another is Noughaville .One is in Upper Doora .One is in Lower Doora. The people used buried there.They are buried there yet .
These churchyards are round.The churchyard in Castletown slopes down the hill.There are bushes around each of them.There are small crosses and small flags over the graves.The children were buried in "kills" long ago.
The children are not buried in these old churches now.They are buried in "Kills"now.

There are a great many blessed wells in this county. There is a beautiful blessed well in Ballycoree near Ennis and rounds are performed there on 18th of March it is called St Joseph's well. There is another one on our land called St Erk's well. There is one also in our Parish called St John's well. Many people went in there with crutches and walked home. There is St Michael's well in Doora and one in Kilmihill. The one in Doora is for sore eyes.

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is:that the vicarage of Kilmaley was united to Drumcliffe in 1802.Of course he is speaking of the Protestant arrangement,but there might be something in it.They might be perpetuating some old Catholic tradition.Who founded Drumcliff?It is the parish church and the oldest in the Drumcliff of Ennis parish. Kilbricken in Doora we know something about.Professor O'Looney (uncle of Thomas O'Looney who wrote about Mt.Callan and whose mother is Maley from Kilmaley.His cousin Dan Maley in Gurtaganniv at the present day)edited the Clare portion of the Monasticon Hibernian for Cardinal Moran as editor in chief ,then Bishop of Ossory.He speaks about the Abbey in Ennis,the ruins of the parish churches of Drumcliff,Doora and Kilbrickan-all of undoubted antiquity,but,not a word about Kilmaley.Máille was no doubt somebody of importance,because there is also Templemaley near Ennis is called after him .It is to be feared however ,that he has no biographer .Ennis is in the Barony of the Islands(Uí Chormaic)and so is Kilmaley and the baronies show even now the tribal settlements -a modern barony representing a Tuath prersided over by Rí Tuatha a petty king .Therefore probably Drumcliff and Kilmaley were founded about the same time and by the same people who founded Doora and Kilbrickan.
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1 "Roads"There are many roads in this Parish.There is one which leads to Ennis.,one to Tulla,one to Quin,one to Doora Church and one to Barefield.Their names are the Green Road ,Knockanean Road,The New Line,The Brannar Road.The Brannar Road is made over a hundred years.i do not know when the other roads were made.We have only two old roads.They are called Mangan's Old Road and Culligan's Old Road.Culligan's old road was the public road long ago.these roads are over a thousand years.They are all the time in use.They were made in bad times.The men had to work for twopence a day.Some women had to work in these days. There is a short- cut down to Doora Church from Cragone.The ruins of an old castle are on the way down.There are no fords across rivers.We have a few cross roads,Hassett's ,Cross Road,Malley's Cross Road,Liddy's Cross Road. Hassetts live near the cross.Maleys live near the Cross.Liddy lives near Liddy's Cross.The people around have great fun at the Cross.

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by both.There are a great many short cuts from my own townland Killawinna and a great many borheens leading on to main Roads.One leads through Monanoe to Mine Road.Another borheen leads to Drim Road,these are very much used up to the present.Another leads from the "Aill Bhuidhe"to the New Line,this is now derelict,being closed by the owners of the land.We have never heard any stories in connection with these borheens.I know of no fords across the rivers only one.which crosses the Canal in lower Killawinna leading to Ballyglass.The cross-roads are generally named after the owners of the house which is nearest to the cross.Fawl's Cross near Doora Church.it is crossed by the roads from Quin to Clare- castleand from Doora to Ennis.Lyddy's Cross, where the New Line crosses the old Cloonawee Road, Malley's Cross,where the New Line crosses the Moyriesk Road,Drim Cross ,where the New Line crosses the Drim Road .Gauris Cross at Gauris Mills .In a Crag called Cragmór there

5. "Roads".The names of the roads in the parish of Doora are,the Old Road,Crogane Road, Doora Road, the New Line,the Pike Road ,the Curragh Road ,the Bog Road,the Ballyglass Road,the Moyriesk Road and the Gauris Road.Some of them were made in the bad times.Some of them are made a long time and some of them are not.We have a great many cross-roads .Faul's Cross,O'Dea's Cross,Mine Cross,Moyriesk Cross,Cleary's,Cross,Malley's Cross,Lyddy's Cross,and Culligan's Cross,They got their names from the people who lived near them.There is a Mass path the people used to go to Mass long ago.

2. "Holy Wells"
There are four blessed wells in the parish of Doora, namely, St Brigid's Well, St Michael's, St Brecan's Well, and St Odhran's Well. St Brigid's Well is in the townland of Castletown, St Brecan's Well in Noughaville, St Michael's Well in Kilbrickan, and St Odhran's Well in Upper Doora in the vicinity of the old church-yard. Within the memory of the present inhabitants, St Brecan's Well was never visited by pilgrims and the people use the water for their household purpose, St Odhran's Well was visited in my grandmother's time. St Brigid's Well is not visited, but St Michael's Well is still visited on September 29th. I do not know on what days they were or are visited. There are three rounds

in Upper Doora Churchyard. People are buried inside in the remains of that church.
The churchyards are level and sloped. There are trees and bushes growing round and in them. There are old crosses in Doora churchyard. It is not so long ago since people were buried in Castletown and in Croganeayure. There are no ornamental stones in them.
Unbaptised children used to be buried in three old churchyards. They are not used now. People of the parish are sometimes buried outside the parish. It is not long since big people were buried in Croganeayure or in Castletown graveyard. No one is buried in these now. I never heard any story about a churchyard only

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bowling contest .The parishes taking part were Dysert Drumcliffe,Barefield,Ruan and Doora.THis would be over 40 years ago.
Laghachaí -O Loughlin from Doora was a famous bowle.Jim Mc Mahon of Fountain was one of the best bowlers in Clare.

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from Kilmaley .His cousin Dan Maley lives in Gurtaganniv at the present day)edited by Clare portion of the Monaasticon Hibernian for Cardinal Moran as editor in chief ,then Bishop of Ossory.He speaks about the Abbey of Ennis ,the ruins of the parish churches of Drumcliff, Doora and Kilbrackane -all of undoubted antiquity ,but not a word about Kilmaley.Máille ws no doubt somebody of importance ,but there is also Templemaley near Ennis called after him.It is to be feared however however that he had no biographer .Ennis is in the Barony of Islands(Úi Chormaic)and so is Kilmaley ,and the baronies show even now the old tribal settlements-a modern barony representing a Tuath presided over by a Righ-Tuatha or pretty king.Therefore probably Drumcliff and Kilmaley were founded about the same time by the same people who founded Doora and Kilbrickane.