What is recorded here
In pasture, located towards the base of a steep SW-facing slope which forms one side of a narrow stream valley. This 19th-century burial ground is named ‘Cholera Burial Ground’ on the 1838 and 1929 OS 6-inch maps. It is shown on both editions as an elongated triangular space (c. 65-70m NW–SE; c. 20m NE–SW) bordered by…
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From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record MA022-108
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- Killala GAA Club, via Connaught Telegraph; individual photographer not named, www.con-telegraph.ie
- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Maker not stated on source page, www.gettyimages.com
- Andreas F. Borchert, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Maker not stated on source page, www.ibelieve.com
- Maker not stated on source page, commons.wikimedia.org
- Maker not stated on source page, www.pinterest.com
- Maker not stated on source page, www.skyscanner.ie
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