Church in Dooncaha, County Kerry

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What is recorded here

Monakyle burial ground' KE003-037---- is marked on the 1841- 42 OS map and on the 1914 map it is designated as 'Monakyle children's burial ground (disused)'. According to Holly (1981), 'The remains of the deceased inmates of the Workhouse in Farranawana were brought up the Pottery Road to be buried here during the famine years and for some time afterwards.' The burial ground was known locally as St Monica's Church, and up to a few years ago there were traces of a building (KE003-037001-) and a graveyard, but no surface trace of either can be seen today. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 847.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KE003-037001

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