School: Dumha-chaisil
- Location:
- Ballindoo or Doocastle, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Séamus Ó Dubhda
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0117, Page 291
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- (continued from previous page)erected inside the gate. The graveyard is square in shape and sloped to the east.
The walls of an old monastery where at one time Dominicans lived, is in the old part. There are people buried inside in the monastery and there are two head-stones erected there also.
The windows of the building were very skilfully made. There are old wooden and iron crosses in the graveyard but the writing on them is almost worn away.
There is a Member of Parliament buried in the graveyard. (except) All the trees in the graveyard except some evergreens, were cut down.
The third graveyard is in the townland of Kilturra.
The first people to be buried(continues on next page)
- Collector
- John Flynn
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ogham, Co. Sligo
