What is recorded here

Carrigan recorded warrior bones lying side by side beneath a bush-choked ridge in Moatpark, Kilkenny, before men cleared the land in 1825. They dropped without markers or walls, perhaps cast out of a forgotten chapel or stripped of honour after some brutal fight. The dead still wait under ordinary soil, denied even the kindness of a name.

Carrigan (1905, vol. 2, 88-9) describes the discovery of burials, 'in the present townland of Moat, on the green ridge to the west of, and bounding, the Railway, and stretching south from the arched gateway underneath the Railway tract. This ridge, which is about 80 yds. long, was a wilderness of bushes and briars till the year 1825, when it was cleared and cultivated. While levelling towards the northern end, the workmen - one of whom was my informant - came upon a burial place of some extent. The skeletons lay along, beside each other, about two feet [0.6m] under the surface. There were no headstones, and no remains of foundations of walls. It is possible that this was the site of Tullabarry chapel [KK004-032----] with its consecrated cemetery; but, from the description just given, the likelihood is that it was merely a place used for the internment of warriors slain in some battle of far off times'. The location of this chapel is unknown., with its consecrated cemetery; but, from the description just given, the likelihood is that it was merely a place used for the internment of warriors slain in some battle of far off times'. The precise location of these burials is unknown. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 16 February 2016

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