School: Killossery, Kilsallaghan
- Location:
- Killossery, Co. Dublin
- Teacher: B. Ó Corbhallagh
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- The nearest graveyard to my home is Donaghmore graveyard. Donaghamore is a very compact little graveyard attached to the chapel.
The graveyard is situated on a hill. There is a high wall round it and a stile near the gate. There is a vault in the graveyard where people used place coffins long ago. The vault is built down in the ground. It is of a brick structure. All that is to be seen in the vault now is a few coffins. There are steps going down(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Eily Kearns
- Gender
- Female
- Occupation
- Pupil
- Address
- Newtown, Co. Dublin
- (continued from previous page)are surrounded by iron rails.
There is also a protestant church in the graveyard. It is said the church once belonged to the catholics, but was taken over by the protestants. There are catholics buried in the graveyard and there are also protestants buried in it.
There is a graveyard in Chaplmidway also. There are the remains of an old church in it. It is on a hill and there is a narrow laneway leading to it. It is surrounded by a hedge.
