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Graveyard in Garryvoe Lower

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On W side of road, 200m S of Garryvoe crossroads; irregular shaped graveyard (c. 60m E-W; 30m N-S) which contains ruins of parish church of Garryvoe (CO077-03702-) to N of centre. Church is built on platform which extends to S and E of structure; older gravemarkers are confined to this area and inside church; earliest headstone dates to 1751 (Coleman 1907-9c), decorated with 'large Cherub and scroll border terminals' (O'Shea 1988, 80). In occasional use with new burials to W of church.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO077-037001

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  • Mike Searle, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Maker not stated on source page, heritageireland.ie
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
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  • Hywel Williams, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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  • Robert Ashby, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Maker not stated on source page, en.wikipedia.org
  • Kmcnamee, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
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