What is recorded here

Cill Na Gcléireach was a quiet burial ground beside the sea in County Kerry, but the earth there kept giving back bones long after the graves disappeared from memory. The townland still carries the name of a lost church, and the shore may have hidden both the worship and the dead. People have kept finding graves in recent times, as if the place refuses to finish telling its story.

Though not marked on the OS maps, the site of a deserted burial ground is mentioned in the OSNB (Garfinny, 16). It lay in the SW corner of the townland close to the sea-shore and human bones had often been uncovered there. Graves and bones have also been uncovered in more recent times (local information). The church from which the townland derives its name is locally reputed to be located near the sea-shore (An Seabhac 1939, 138) and may be associated with the burial ground. (See also KE043-224001-) The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 901. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 7 August 2013

A Neolithic or early Christian burial ground; significance not clearly established due to limited documentation.

The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.