placenamesDonaghmore
Domhnach Mór
Lewis recorded teaching within a chapel standing in the old burial ground.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Domhnach Mór · Irish · main form
- Donaghmore · English · main form
Place & story
A shared place for worship and lessons
A private school operated inside Donaghmore’s Catholic chapel when Samuel Lewis described this Ratoath barony parish in 1837. About twenty-three boys and fifteen girls attended. He placed the chapel in the old burial ground and described it as an ancient building. The same premises therefore served both worship and teaching, rather than a separate schoolhouse being identified in his account. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Donaghmore. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Donaghmore, Ratoath, A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2021-10-29. How this page was prepared.