Graveyard in Abbeyleix Demesne, County Laois

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What is recorded here

Reference to a graveyard here, adjoining the church site. (Carrigan 1905,389). No early grave markers visible. All visible headstones are post 1700 AD. Described by Carrigan as 'The Parish Church (LA023-036001-) of the Pre-Reformation Rectory of Abbeyleix stood in Abbeyleix Demesne, on the site of the old Protestant church of Abbeyleix, now the private place of worship of the De Vesci family. The graveyard attached thereto was, until a few years ago, the burial place of some of the old Catholic families of the district, and Catholics have still the right of interment here. It adjoins the site of the Abbey of Abbeyleix' (Carrigan 1905, vol. 2, 389).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LA023-036002

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