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Children's burial ground in Headfort

Children's burial ground

What is recorded here

In the 1940s a burial ground was recorded in Páirc an tSéipéil where unbaptised children were buried, though its precise location is not known. The place may still hold small bones beneath ordinary Kerry soil, waiting for someone to stop walking and listen for the silence that belongs to children rather than adults.
In the 1940s a burial ground was recorded 'in Páirc an tSéipéil where unbaptised children were buried' (Schools Manuscript, Co. Kerry). Its precise location is not known and it may be in that part of the townland which is on OS 6-inch sheet 68. Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 31 January 2011

The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.

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