What is recorded here
Kilbreedy Graveyard in County Limerick holds a ruined medieval church in its northeast corner, while bushes and scrub now swallow most of the rectangular ground. The post-1700 stone wall still marks the boundary, but the burials and daily prayers that filled the place have faded from memory. What remains is a quiet shape in the landscape, waiting for someone to walk its overgrown edge and imagine the lives it kept.
The medieval church ruins (LI047-043001-) of Kilbreedy stands in NE quadrant of graveyard which consists of a rectangular-shaped area (approx. dims. 39m N-S x 33m E-W) enclosed by post-1700 stone wall. Graveyard now covered with bushes and scrub vegetation which are visible today on Digital Globe aerial photographs.
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 31 July 2019
Medieval Christian graveyard associated with the ruins of a church at Kilbreedy. Its significance lies in its historical and ecclesiastical context, reflecting post-Reformation religious practices and community burial traditions in the region.
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
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