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Burial Ground — Dromdarrig

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Burial Ground — Dromdarrig
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Why this matters

A 7th-century early Christian burial ground associated with Saint Neasán of Mungret; significant as a possible monastic and ecclesiastical site in the early Irish church.

Overview

Burial Ground — Dromdarrig is recorded as Graveyard in Limerick. Situated on a low rise of ground located three miles west of Limerick city on the Foynes road. Mungret graveyard probably stands on site of monastery founded here by Neasán of Mungret (Mungairit) whose feastday fell on the 25th of July (Ó Riain 2011, 514-5).

Who made it and when

The saved account records: Situated on a low rise of ground located three miles west of Limerick city on the Foynes road.

How it was made and used

The saved account records: 40m N-S x 120m E-W) enclosed by a post-1700 stone wall with entrance gate at N end of E wall.

What was found

The saved account records: Mungret graveyard probably stands on site of monastery founded here by Neasán of Mungret (Mungairit) whose feastday fell on the 25th of July (Ó Riain 2011, 514-5).

What remains

The saved account records: Remains of Mungret Abbey church (LI003-009005-) stands in SE quadrant of graveyard with post-1700 C of I church ruins in W quadrant.

Why it mattered

Burial Ground — Dromdarrig matters because the source ties graveyard to this exact landscape and preserves evidence that a bare map name loses. The saved account adds: Pre-Norman church (LI013-009001-) 90m to NNE, small graveyard (LI003-009003-) with pre-Norman church (LI003-009002-) immediately E of public road forming W boundary of graveyard.

History checked 15 August 2026 against the named sources below.

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