Grangewilliam is also known as Donaghmore (Domhnach Mór), is a monastic settlement about 1 mile (2 km) outside Maynooth,

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. The monastery stood here until the about the 11th century. There remain the ruins of the walls and gable of the 14th-century church built on the site as well as a small graveyard. It is surrounded by the Carton Demense. It has been famous since 1902, when an

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stone was found there by Lord Walter Fitzgerald, the son of the

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of Carton House, the fourth Duke of Leinster. The small cemetery encircles the church. One relatively recent burial there was the former president of

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from 1994 to 1996, Monsignor Matthew O’Donnell who died aged 63 while in office. He was buried in his father's grave. There is usually a temporary structure from which the annual blessing of the graves, and mass is conducted.

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