Graveyard in Abbeyderg, County Longford

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What is recorded here

Associated with an Augustinian abbey (LF018-066001-), which is located at its E end. This roughly subrectangular graveyard (112m E-W; 73m N-S) is enclosed by a late 19th-century stone wall and is still in use. Memorials date from the 18th century. Mass is celebrated on a stone altar within it on 'Cemetery Sunday' in July every year. (ITA Survey 1944; Higgins 1971, 110-12; Lennon 2005) Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 4 June 2013

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LF018-066002

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