What is recorded here

Burial Gd remains a living graveyard on Chapel Lane in Skibbereen, where most dead are still unnamed beneath plain stones. The place holds many more people than its markers admit, and that absence may be its deepest truth.

On Chapel Lane, E side of Skibbereen. Sub-rectangular area enclosed by stone wall. Graveyard still in use. Majority of burials marked by uninscribed grave markers. (Zajac et al. 1995, 90) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

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