Graveyard in Rinnarogue, County Sligo

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What is recorded here

An irregularly shaped graveyard (c. 60m N-S; c. 60m E-W) which slopes down steeply to the S except for a terrace near the centre which contains the ruin of Cloonameehan priory (SL039-002001-), a Dominican foundation. The graveyard is still in use. It contains many 19th- and 20th-century headstones and some low uninscribed grave-markers. The earliest inscriptions on the grave memorials are from the early 19th century (M. B. Timoney 1993, 10).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record SL039-002002

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