What is recorded here

Grave Yd. is an ovoid graveyard in County Limerick where mid-19th century plots cluster at the south end beneath a collapsed ivy-clad wall. At the north end, a low briar-covered platform marks the site of a church built in 1822 and demolished in 1958, leaving only a short section of low wall at the northwest corner. The place may connect to Capella Russell, a name stretching back to the 15th century, though that remains uncertain.

Ovoid area (c. 60m NW-SE; c. 50m SW-NE) enclosed by much-collapsed ivy-clad stone wall, and entered via short tree-lined avenue from road to S; entrance on road wrought-iron gate with ashlar piers. Burial plots concentrated at S end and date from mid-19th century. Near N end is low briar-covered platform (8.8m N-S; 20.5m E-W) where C of I church, built in 1822, was demolished in 1958 (Spellissy 1989, 239); short section of low wall (max. H 1.1m; L 4.55m) at NW corner all that now stands of this church. Unclear whether this site of church of Capella Russell which may date back to 15th century (Westropp 1904-5, 387), though Chapel Russel not made a separate parish until early 1980s (Spellissy ibid.). Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

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