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Graveyard in Gilcagh

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Roadside atop ridge; roughly circular graveyard (diam. c. 50m) enclosed by stone wall. N of centre is ruin of Matehy parish church (9497). Large collection of 18th- and 19th-century headstones to S of church, earliest noted dated 1723; more recent burials to N of church; also many low uninscribed grave markers. May be site of 'vicarage of Hospitallers 'mentioned in 14th-century document (Gwynn and Hadcock 1988, 345). Hartnett (1939, 290) notes tradition which links this site with graveyard in Loughane West (9548) (Sheehan 1975).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO062-097001

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  • David Hawgood, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Golfing in Ireland; photographer not stated, Source publisher
  • Maker not stated on source page, www.irishexaminer.com
  • Kmcnamee, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Blarney GAA & Camogie official club page; individual photographer not stated, blarneygaa.clubzap.com
  • Garry Dickinson, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Garry Dickinson, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Jonathan Thacker, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
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