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School: Dumha-chaisil

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Ballindoo or Doocastle, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Séamus Ó Dubhda
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0117, Page 203

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    each of which a soldier who fell in the battle is supposed to be buried.
    There is a hole in one of the walls of the castle called the "Robber's Hole".
    From the hole there are steps which lead to an underground passage leading to the Roy, which is a graveyard about a quarter of a mile distant from the castle.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. historical and commemorative structures (~6,794)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Frank O' Dowd
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Doobeg, Co. Sligo