Burial in Inishmurray

Located in the centre of an ecclesiastical enclosure (SL001-001001-) known as the ‘Cashel’. A small group of flat slabs immediately north of Clocha Breaca [leacht] (SL001-001013-) is identified by local tradition as the grave of one ‘Moylan O’Dalaigh’. His burial on Inishmurray in 1612 is recorded by the Annals of the Four Masters (Wakeman 1893, 9; Heraughty 1982, 20; Mountbatten 1972, 60) The above description is derived from the results of a survey of the archaeological monuments on Inishmurray undertaken in 1997-1999 and published in: Jerry O’Sullivan and Tomás Ó Carragáin 2008 Inishmurrary. Monks and pilgrims in an Atlantic landscape. Volume 1: Archaeological Survey and Excavations 1997-2000. Cork. The Collins Press. Date of upload: 16 January 2018

A small early Christian burial site, likely 6th–9th century AD, associated with a monastic or ecclesiastical settlement; significant for understanding early Christian funerary practices in the region.