What is recorded here

Grave Yard beside Holy Trinity church in County Cork holds sixteenth-century cross slabs and tombstones, including false-relief shields and passion symbols. A 1618 limestone slab and a 1634 achievement of arms mark the continuity of burial there. People have laid the dead beneath those stones for centuries, giving the small ground a long, patient memory.

On E side of Holy Trinity church (CO074-03409-) small graveyard, containing cross slabs and tombstones dating from 16th century; these include 16th century side panel decorated in false relief with arcadad panels enclosing heater-shaped shields; 16th century tomb fragment decorated in false relief with the symbols of the passion and a marginal inscription; limestone slab with inscription dated 1618; fragments of five 16th/17th century cross-slabs; achievement of arms with date 1634; (Bradley et al. 1985, 61-4). 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

A 16th-century graveyard associated with Holy Trinity Church, containing early Christian cross slabs and tombstones; significant for its decorative stonework and historical burial context in Cork City.

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