What is recorded here

Friends Burial Ground is a burial ground in Ballykelly (bourney Par.), County Tipperary, Ireland. It occupies a northeast facing slope in undulating pastureland, with a roadway running northwest to southeast along its southwest side. A high stone wall surrounds the roughly rectangular area, providing a doorway near the centre of the southwest wall. Tombstones appear from the mid nineteenth century to 1989, alongside unmarked graves, while no evidence suggests an earlier origin.

Situated on NE facing slope in undulating pastureland. Roadway runs NW-SE along SW side of graveyard. Roughly rectangular graveyard surrounded by quite high stone wall with doorway roughly centre of SW wall. Burial Ground of Friends or Quakers. Tombstones date from mid-nineteenth century up to 1989. Essentially an nineteenth century graveyard with no evidence of earlier origin. Number of unmarkered graves in burial ground. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Tipperary. Vol. 1 - North Tipperary' compiled by Jean Farrelly and Caimin O'Brien (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2002). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 22 September 2008

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