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Children's burial ground in Lenafin

Children's burial ground

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Lenafin holds a children's burial ground, though no further detail has emerged about when it was used or who laid the first child beneath the soil. That absence does not diminish the place; it refuses to turn grief into a spectacle. Any child buried there entered the earth small, nameless to distance but certain to the people who carried them. The ground remembers what forgetting wants to remove.
The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.

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