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School: Glendooen (roll number 11751)

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Doon Glebe, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Edith V. Jennings
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1084, Page 309

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    have the name and age of the person and when they died.
    Some of the dates are eighteen hundred and eighty three, nineteen hundred and five, eighteen hundred and thirty six.
    Some of the crosses are ornamented with white marble.
    Some people are buried within the ruins in Conwall graveyards. There are no disused graveyards in the parish. Unbaptised children were buried before sunrise or after sunset.
    Around here there is no special graveyard for the burial of unbaptised children they are just buried in the graveyards where baptised people are buried. There are no stories connected with the local
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. historical and commemorative structures (~6,794)
          1. graveyards (~2,501)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Mc Kinney
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Newmills, Co. Donegal