Graveyard in Duntryleague, County Limerick

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What is recorded here

The medieval chapel (LI049-063002-) of Duntryleague may have stood inside the graveyard which consists of a roughly rectangular-shaped area (approx. dims. 45m N-S x 56m E-W) enclosed by post-1700 stone wall with entrance gate at W. The fort (LI049-063004-) of Duntryleague lies immediately to ENE of graveyard. It is possible that the chapel may have stood inside the fort immediately to NE or elsewhere within the townland of Duntryleague. Compiled and revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 26 September 2019

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LI049-063003

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