School: Inniskeen (roll number 13396)
- Location:
- Inis Caoin, Co. Mhuineacháin
- Teacher: Louis A. Duffy
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0933, Page 142
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- There is an old Protestant graveyard in the district of Inniskeen, Co. Monaghan which once used to be a Catholic graveyard. There is a Protestant Church in it, there is also a very old Roundtower in it. There is a small "skullhouse" in it which was built in the year 1672. It is a level graveyard, and is square, also. There are a lot of old tombstones in it.
Here are some of the dates that are on them; 1699, 1706, 1750, 1769, 1776, (19) 1794, 1801. these are the oldest ones.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary Campbell
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Carraig na gCanónach, Co. Lú
- Informant
- Elizabeth Campbell
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Carraig na gCanónach, Co. Lú
- There is a graveyard in the village of Louth, Co Louth and it is called the "New Cemetery". There was a Church on this site, and it was first used as a graveyard.
