What is recorded here

Children's graves in Coill Bhaile Uí Fhlaithimh, County Kerry, Ireland. An Reilig or an Cheallúnach: a circular spot about 60m across, with old graves and headstones inside. Several cist graves remained visible in 1946: mounds of stone enclosed by standing stones. A church is said to have stood there once. The field now holds only a scatter of loose stones, but the small size and separate setting suggest it belonged to the youngest dead, the ones a village would not forget.

An Reilig or an Cheallúnach: This burial ground was described in the OSNB (Killiney, 42) as 'a circular spot about 3 chains (60m) in diameter, but undefined', with numerous old graves and headstones visible in the interior. It was disused at that time and it is marked only as 'site of' on the 2nd edition of the OS map. Several cist graves were still visible in 1946 (CKFC, 678) and these were described as mounds of stone enclosed by a series of standing stones. The site is now marked only by a scatter of loose stones in a roughly rectangular field. There is a tradition that a church once stood on the site (An Seabhac 1939, 275). The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 899. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 7 August 2013

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