What is recorded here

Grave Yard in Carrigtohill holds hundreds of years beneath a broken church roof and a sturdy 1905 building. Stones from 1704 still stand while others have crumbled into western piles, witnessing the village grow around them. The dead did not leave when the parish church collapsed; they waited for living people to keep returning, remembering that continuity matters more than perfection.

On N side of Carrigtohill village, rectangular graveyard (c. 60m N-S; c. 80m E-W) enclosed by stone wall. In centre, partially roofed remains of late medieval parish church of Carrigtohill (CO075-017002-); in NW corner C of I church (CO075-017003-) built in 1905 (Coleman 1908, 8). Oldest burials on S side, earliest inscribed headstone noted dates from 1767, though Power (1918,196) records headstone dated 1723, whilst O Buachalla and Henchion (1965) noted '233 stones, all but a few being at least a century old', the oldest dated 1704; many headstones and fragments of headstones now lie in pile to W of church tower. Memorials to Cotter and Dobson families on W wall of church (see CO075-01702-). Still in use; recent extension to N. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). 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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