The graveyard in Dromiskin
Conservation work is set to be carried out at the graveyard wall in Dromiskin after a €10,000 grant was secured for it today.
Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht Jimmy Deenihan announced the awarding of grant funding for the wall under the Department’s Structures at Risk Fund 2013.
This funding is allocated to enable conservation work on 45 heritage structures nationwide.
Dromiskin graveyard has historical significance as it was home to a monastery for hundreds of years, that was once visited by St Patrick.
Dromiskin also served as the home to the Archbishops of Armagh for a time while Aed Finlaith, the High King of Ireland and Archbishop Milo Sweetman, are said to be buried there.
As well as the wall in Dromiskin, Rathescar House in Dunleer will receive €6,000 in funding.
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