What is recorded here
On fairly level ground at the foot of a range of low hills, at the rear of modern farm buildings, in good pasture. According to Carrigan (1905, vol. 2, 299) Donaghmore was, 'a distinct parish down to the Reformation, when it was united to Fertagh. It was appropriated to Fertagh Priory at an early date. The parish…
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From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KK008-115001
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