Grave Yard

Just NW of the Market Sq. A sub-rectangular area (est. dims. L c. 115m E-W; Wth c. 65m N-S), enclosed by a mortared stone wall, which, according to Bradley et al (1986 vol. 3, 216), may have formed the innermost enclosure (KD022-029058-) of St. Brigid’s monastery (KD022-029002-). Contains a high cross (KD022-029021-), a round tower (KD022-029020-), St. Brigid’s Cathedral (KD022-029005-), numerous architectural fragments, and burials dating up to modern times. To the NE of the cathedral are the footings of two walls, possibly the mortuary chapel of the Leigh family. Immediately to the E of the cathedral is a smal, rectangularl barrel-vaulted structure (E-W L 4.3m; Wth 3.1m) with wicker centring, which originally would have stood above ground level, with a lintelled, internally splaying ope in the S wall. To the E of the cathedral, and N of the barrel-vaulted structure, is a small, rectangular, subterranean, stone-roofed chamber (L 1.5m; Wth 1.4m), possibly the remains of a burial vault. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 19 January 2012