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Graveyard in Buttevant

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On E side of main street of Buttevant, on W bank of Awbeg River. Ruin of friary (14382) occupies SE corner; St Mary's Catholic Church (14735), incorporating earlier tower, occupies NW corner. Subrectangular graveyard (c. 60m N-S; c. 80m E-W); area of burial covers cloister area of friary and also extends inside friary. In use; contains 'a significant number of mid-18th century headstones' (Zajac et al. 1995, 13); memorials and gravemarkers inside friary listed by Fitzgerald (1904-6b, 233-6).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO017-053005

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  • Robert French, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
  • Andreas F. Borchert, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Kieran Hynes, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Christian Pirkl, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 at
  • Buttevant GAA club account; individual photographer not stated, x.com
  • David P Howard, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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