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Graveyard in Knockseera

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In an upland area. Associated with St. Kieran of Ossory. Headstones date from 1750. Described by Carrigan as 'Knockseerach graveyard is all a sheet of rock, without as much as a single inch of earth to cover it. The graves have to be quarried and then, having received their tenants, are filled up with rocks, not even…

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In an upland area. Associated with St. Kieran of Ossory. Headstones date from 1750. Described by Carrigan as 'Knockseerach graveyard is all a sheet of rock, without as much as a single inch of earth to cover it. The graves have to be quarried and then, having received their tenants, are filled up with rocks, not even a scraugh being available to lay over the top. Nevertheless it was, till recently, a favourite place of sepulture, and corpses have been known to have been carried here for interment from very long distances. There are about a dozen inscribed monuments, the oldest of which dates from 1750. The graveyard was enclosed with a good wall about 20 years ago'(Carrigan 1905, vol. 2, 129-130). Depicted on current edition of the OS 6-inch map as an oval shaped graveyard (int. dims. 29m N-S; 45m E-W 45m) with church site in northwest quadrant of graveyard. The iron gate entering the graveyard was erected c.1904.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LA022-013002

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