What is recorded here

Grave Yard in Mallow, County Cork, holds chest tombs and headstones dating from 1684 beside the ruined parish church, its stones marked by centuries of burial and change. The graveyard slopes south beneath mature trees, enclosed by rebuilt walls and open toward the present church, suggesting a continuous place of mourning and memory. People may have walked this ground for generations, laying the dead beside older fragments and watching the avenue become a public road.

On S side of main street in Mallow; formerly approached by avenue from street but this now converted to public road. Subrectangular graveyard (c. 85m E-W; c. 60m N-S), lined by mature trees. Enclosed to N by stone wall and N wall of ruin of former C of I parish church of Mallow (14719), to E and S by partially rebuilt stone wall; open to W where present C of I parish church and hall stand. Unpublished report (Anon. 1976, 8) notes church papers dated 1692 referring to agreement to build walls around precincts of church; Bolster (1971, 12) refers to graveyard once extending c. 50m further to N and to E. Interior slopes down noticeably to S. Earliest headstone noted dated 1684; headstones generally date from early 18th to 19th century; also contains a number of chest tombs, concentrated in NW corner. Earliest memorial inside ruined church (14719) dated 1595; inscribed stone plaque dated 1649 inserted in N wall. Architectural fragments and dressed stone noted in graveyard (Zajac et al. 1995, 75). Gravemarkers indexed during Fas Scheme (Mallow Heritage Centre 1990, 141-162). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

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