What is recorded here

Eleven bodies lie in the north-west of Dalkey Island, four arranged in a neat medieval row while the rest scatter nearby. They faced northeast to southwest with arms at their sides, waiting in deep graves for centuries before excavation revealed them in 1958. The dead kept their own quiet order beside St. Begnet's Church, unchanged since the middle ages.

Situated in the NW of Dalkey Island, N of St. Begnet's Church. A burial ground excavated in 1958. The excavation revealed eleven burials, four of which belonged to a regularly laid out graveyard. They were buried in reasonably deep graves, arms at their sides and orientated NE-SW. Probably of medieval date (Liversage 1968, 175-179). Compiled by: Geraldine Stout and Padraig Clancy Revised upload on: 25 June 2018

Early Christian burial ground, 6th–8th century AD. Its association with St. Begnet's Church suggests a possible monastic or ecclesiastical connection, reflecting the spread of Christianity in coastal areas of early medieval Ireland.

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