What is recorded here

Killeely is a graveyard in County Limerick, Ireland. It has no church left, only a large stone-walled yard where people have been buried since at least the 1700s. The place belongs to memory now: names on stone, rain on grass, and the old claim that a virgin saint once gave it identity. What is missing is easier to imagine than what remains, which is why graveyards feel honest.

Westropp (1904-5, 364) recorded the following details about Killeely; 'Attributed on late "authority" to St. Lelia the virgin, sister of St. Munchin; her day was August 11th. John Pincerna warranted the lands of Killele to Bishop Hubert, 1250 (B.B.L., p. 50). Kilheil, 1302. Priorsland, to the north of Thomond Bridge, and Ffarrenykilly belonged to St. Mary's House. It was the glebe land of the rector of Kileely, and held by the parson, March, 1615 (Inq., p. 163). Fabric - The walls and gables stood in ruins in 1657 (Petty, p. 63). The graveyard alone remains'. Medieval church site of Killeely (LI005-015001-) stood inside Killeely graveyard which consists of a large sub-triangular shaped area (approx. dims. 68m NW-SE x 85m NE-SW) enclosed by post-1700 stone wall with entrance gate at W. Graveyard contains memorials dating from the 18th century onwards. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 25 July 2019

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