Graveyard in Kilgerrill, County Galway

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What is recorded here

This irregularly shaped graveyard (c. 30m N-S; c. 25m E-W) is associated with a church (GA074-059002-) and early ecclesiastical enclosure (GA074-059001-). The earliest burial dates to 1828 but the majority of the burials are of 20th-century date. Some graves are marked by plain unworked limestone blocks.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA074-059003

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