Graveyard in Kilcooly, County Galway

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What is recorded here

This roughly subcircular graveyard (c. 65m NW-SE; c. 57m NE-SW) lies within a possible ecclesiastical enclosure (GA106-095005-). The remains of a church (GA106-095001-) stand roughly in its centre. The graveyard is delimited by a modern concrete wall and access is gained via a gateway at S. Almost all of the headstones are modern but three similar rectangular grave-markers were illegible. The graveyard is still in use.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA106-095002

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