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Graveyard in Straffan

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Immediately N of Straffan church (KD014-013----). A well-maintained, roughly rectangular area (dims. L c. 90m E-W; Wth c. 50m N-S) is enclosed by a mortared stone wall and entered through a gateway at E. Tunstead has recorded some 45 inscriptions and 37 photographs of the grave markers, dating from the 19th century to the present. (Headstones: Kildare, Straffan Cemetery, Co. Kildare, Ireland Genealogy Projects Archives [Online] available at: http://www.igp-web.com/IGPArchives [Accessed 06 May 2011]) Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 10 June 2011

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KD014-013001

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  • Pauly3, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Sheila1988 / Wikimedia Commons, commons.wikimedia.org
  • Discover Ireland; photographer not stated, Discover Ireland
  • Golfing in Ireland; photographer not stated, Source publisher
  • Harold Strong, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Harold Strong, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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