Burial in Ballybrennan

In 1836 it was recorded that, about seven years previously, a human skeleton 'much larger than the ordinary size with an unusually large musket by his side' was dug up in the townland of Ballybrennan to the W of Ballymote (OSNB vol. 1, 386). The exact location of this burial is not known. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of upload: 18 January 2008