What is recorded here

Grave Yard in County Kilkenny is an irregular heptagon beside the Craosog stream, marked in 1839 as a large and much frequented burying ground. It likely served the vanished Tullamaine parish church, whose dedication to St. Catherine and union with Callan before 1300 suggest a long forgotten Christian life. The oldest visible monument dates only to the 18th century, yet the shape and frequency imply older burials beneath the valley soil.

In a river valley, c. 80m E of a meandering stream called the Craosóg (O’Kelly 1969, 192). The OS Letters (1839) mention, ‘a large and much frequented burying ground here’ (O’Flanagan 1930, vol. 2, 55-6 (19)). According to Carrigan (1905, vol. 3, 321), the ancient parish of Tullamaine, consisting of Tullamaine and Knockrea townlands, was united to the Rectory of Callan before 1300 and the parish church, ‘dedicated to St. Catherine, Virgin and Martyr, (Nov. 25th), stood on the breast of the fertile rising ground of Tullamaine, where it slopes to the south-west. Every vestige of it has disappeared’. The church (KK022-027001-) is not indicated on the 1st (1839) or revised 1899-1900 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. It is likely that the church was located within or close to Tullamaine graveyard. An irregular heptagon-shaped graveyard (dims. c. 50m E-W; c. 30m N-S). Carrigan (ibid.) mentions that the oldest visible funerary monument in the graveyard dated to the 18th century. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 25 May 2021

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