School: Aghadachor (Aghador)

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1. Graveyards

   

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   There are three graveyards in the parish, in Meevagh, Umlagh, and Carrigart. People are buried in all of them. There is an old graveyard in Drimdutton (Drumdutton) that is not used now. It is about one hundred years since people were buried there. The graveyards are all square. There are ruins of churches in Meevagh and Umlagh. The Umlagh graveyard is on a slope towards the west. There are trees growing in them. The tombstones are of granite or marble. It is in the south corner of Meevagh graveyard that the unbaptised children are buried. A lot of people from the district who die in foreign countries are not taken home but are buried abroad. When this is done their friends have to buy a plot in a cemetery. (Told by Mandy McGettigan, Drimlackagh)

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   Topics

   1. objects
      1. man-made structures
         1. historical and commemorative structures (~6,794)
            1. graveyards (~2,501)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Patrick Mc Gettigan

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Glenree, Co. Donegal

   Informant

   Mandy Mc Gettigan

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   81

   Address

   Drumlackagh, Co. Donegal

2. Doe Castle

   

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   Doe Castle is situated on an arm of Sheephaven Bay. It can be seen from the Cashel road. There are some

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