Graveyard in Ballynagall

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Situated on high ground with excellent views of surrounding countryside. No early grave markers visible in the graveyard of Arles Catholic church. A thatched chapel (LA032-001001-) built in 1686 by a member of the family, (O'Hanlon and O'Leary 1907, vol. 2, 579). Replaced by modern church. Large sub-rectangular graveyard (int. dims. 100m N-S; 95m E-W) enclosed by a stone wall with RC church in SW quadrant and 18th century monument in S quadrant. Described in the History of the Queen's County as 'The earliest place of worship in this parish of which any record remains was the thatched chapel built in 1686, of which Grose gives an illustration and description. It was erected he says by a lady of the family of Hartpole. In one of the transepts there was 'a small chapel which was the place of interment of the Grace family'. According to the published memoirs of this family this ancient thatched chapel was replaced in 1795 by a structure of better class. This in its turn, yielded place to the present beautiful edifice, to the erection of which the munificence of Mrs. Grace, of Gracefield, largely contributed' (O'Hanlon and O'Leary 1907, vol. 2, 579).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LA032-001002

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