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What is recorded here

Field clearance stones now cover a small rectangular area beside the parish church of Aghinagh in County Cork. During the Great Famine of the 1840s, local tradition says people were buried there, turning an ordinary churchyard edge into a sudden witness of hunger and loss. The stones may still hold that hidden life beneath their rough surface.

Rectangular area (c. 5m N-S; c. 10m E-W), adjoining S side of church, shown on 1842 OS 6-inch map, probably indicates graveyard, described by OS Name Books (PJH) as adjoining parish church of Aghinagh (CO071-040002-). Field clearance stones now cover this area. According to local information, burials took place here during the Great Famine of 1840s (Hartnett 1939, 93). Bullaun stone (CO071-040003-) marked to S of church on 1938 OS 6-inch map not located. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). 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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