What is recorded here

Grave Yard in County Cork, Ireland holds a dense cluster of headstones dating from 1724 beside the ruined Dangandonovan parish church. The stones crowd the east and south slope like a forgotten conversation, while the empty church ruin waits off-centre to the west. People buried there likely believed the church would still stand when they closed their eyes, but decay removed its roof and left only the graves to mark the boundary between memory and soil.

Approached by laneway from WSW; irregularly-shaped graveyard (c. 70m E-W; c. 90m N-S) on SE-facing slope, enclosed by stone wall. Ruins of Dangandonovan parish church (CO066-01702-) off-centre to W; large collection of 18th and 19th century headstones dating from 1724 to E and S of church (Henchion 1974, 26-58). 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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