Overview
graveyard/cemetery — COOLSTUFF is recorded as graveyard/cemetery in Wexford. Graveyard with collection of lichen-spotted markers, ob. Set in unkempt grounds with rendered cylindrical piers to perimeter having lichen-spotted shallow domed capping supporting flat iron "farm gate".
Why it was built
The saved account records: Set in unkempt grounds with rendered cylindrical piers to perimeter having lichen-spotted shallow domed capping supporting flat iron "farm gate".
People and work
The saved account records: Graveyard with collection of lichen-spotted markers, ob.
How it changed
The saved wording does not establish one complete story of attack, rebuilding, abandonment, damage or later change. No single cause is claimed without evidence.
What survives
The official record fixes the place and calls it graveyard/cemetery. It does not provide a full list of finds or a current condition report, so visible and buried remains are not guessed.
Why it mattered
graveyard/cemetery — COOLSTUFF matters for the exact reasons given in its official assessment, rather than merely because it is an old structure. The source records: A graveyard representing an important component of the ecclesiastical heritage of County Wexford [SMR WX041-010002-]: meanwhile, a lichen-spotted marker remembers Michael Kelly (d. 1798), 'late of Kingsford', a casualty of the 1798 Insurrection. This explains what the place adds to local life, the street or the surviving built history.
History checked 15 August 2026 against the named sources below.
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