Kildownet Cemetery the name Kildownet derives from Damhnait or Daynet, Dympna a seventh century Irish Saint. Tradition says that Dympna sought shelter here while fleeing from pursuers and that she built a church Cill on the site hence the name Kildownet. A church existed on this site in the sixteenth century. It was probably built by Grace O'Malley Granuaile to facilitate worshippers from her nearby castle. The present ruin may be that of a later church built in the 1700s when a Fr. McManus ministered in the area. The adjoining ground began to be used for burials around this time.