What is recorded here

Kilworth graveyard forms the east edge of the village square, a rectangular stone-walled place beside the parish church where early 18th-century headstones and chest tombs still stand. It is the kind of quiet boundary where ordinary town life touches death, memory and time.

Forming E boundary of Kilworth square. Roughly rectangular graveyard (45m E-W; 55m N-S) enclosed by stone wall; piered entrance to W with iron railing. C of I parish church of Kilworth (14718) on W side. Headstones date from early 18th century; also contains some chest tombs and burial vaults. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

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