Where is St. Elizabeth's, Dundonald?

St. Elizabeth's, Dundonald is in Northern Ireland, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 54.5936°, -5.8059°.

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St. Elizabeth's, Dundonald

St. Elizabeth's, Dundonald in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.

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St. Elizabeth's, Dundonald is a place of interest in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.

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St. Elizabeth's, is a religious site for St. Elizabeth's Church and St. Elizabeth's Church Graveyard located at Church Green, Dundonald, Northern Ireland. The site sits on the townland of Church Quarter, beside the Moat Park and off Church Road, Dundonald. It is an active Anglican Christian parish church under the Church of Ireland. St. Elizabeth's Church, also known and originally as Dundonald Parish Church, dates back to the 14th century, it was rebuilt beside the original site in 1966. The original church building is still standing, surrounded by St. Elizabeth's Church Graveyard form the medieval period. Dundonald Library faces Church Green.

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St. Elizabeth's Church Graveyard was the first graveyard in Dundonald. Due to its small size and increasing population in Belfast, the larger Dundonald Cemetery opened in 1905. The Churchyard features the Cleland Mausoleum, a large memorial to Samuel Cleland in 1842. It is the tallest such tomb in Northern Ireland. It was built using blue granite with columns and canopy. It was erected by his wife at a cost of £2000. Samuel Cleland was a landlord of the Stormont Estate, and was killed while giving directions to workmen, when a wall suddenly collapsed on him. He was killed instantly by the falling masonry. This event is often noted by local historians because it occurred at a time when he…

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