What is recorded here

Clooneen graveyard holds unnamed dead inside a stone wall beside a vanished church, while a rough limestone bowl waits north of the boundary for water and prayer. The little meadow has lost its building, most of its people and nearly all of its meaning, yet it still separates the living field from the dead one.

Church probably dedicated to St. Kieran (Carrigan 1905, vol. 2, 139). Situated in undulating countryside. Described by Carrigan as 'known as Clooneen (the little meadow), is 'Clooneen graveyard'. The church (LA027-001001-) of Clooneen is gone, leaving no trace behind. Part of the churchyard has been enclosed by a stone wall by the Board of Guardians. There are several headstones, but none inscribed. Interments are very rare. Outside the graveyard wall, to the north, beside the little stream, is a holy water stone (LA027-001002-) of the most primitive description, being nothing more than a bowl shaped hollow, 14 in. in diameter and 6 in. deep, cut into the extremely rough surface of a bluish limestone rock several feet long and 2ft. Wide' (Carrigan 1905, vol. 2, 138-9). Rectangular shaped graveyard (int. dims. 29m N-S; 17m E-W) enclosed by a stone wall containing post 1700 AD memorials. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 17 December 2007

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