What is recorded here
Grave Yard in County Mayo, Ireland holds a medieval church and children's burials, with several uninscribed stone markers still visible. The absence of names does not reduce the sadness; it widens it, because each small life remains recognized only by the community that buried it. The church stands among them, not as a monument but as a witness, continuing to mark the place where young death was accepted and remembered.
A graveyard (MA070-167002-) which contains a medieval church (MA070-167001-) was used a children’s burial ground. Several uninscribed stone gravemarkers are visible.
Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 30 November 2021
Medieval graveyard; associated with a church and used as a children’s burial ground, reflecting local funerary practices and community history.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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