Graveyard in Killanully, County Cork

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On W side of road; roughly rectangular graveyard (c. 100m NW-SE; c. 40m E-W) bounded by stone walls; E side curves to respect road. Extended to N in 19th century with recent extension to W. N half still in use; S half, heavily overgrown, contains ruins of Killanully parish church (CO086-04502-) at E edge overlooking road. Ground slopes steeply away from S wall of church. Coleman (1910-12, 252) notes 'about forty headstones here', earliest inscribed headstones date to 1750s; immediately outside N wall of church family vault dated 1796. Just outside enclosing wall to E, headstone of Thomas Busteed dated 1756. At SW corner, built into S-facing slope, rectangular (3.6m E-W; 4.2m N-S) 2-storey watch house; roofless and missing gables; ground floor door in E wall.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO086-045001

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church/chapel112 yd

Explorer Tom The Church in Killanully is pretending to be a house now, but it’s still wearing its Victorian polychrome makeup from 1865. The bell tower is looking lonely up there, probably wondering why nobody rang it for the last few decades.

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Killanully WellHoly well · 157 ydTom: I’m here to help · Computer-made picture. It does not show this holy well.

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