What is recorded here

Ballymadrough Graveyard is a disused oval burial ground above the Malahide estuary, marked by one visible stone and the sunken remains of a small church. It is a quiet, overgrown place where an old faith and later human lives faded into grass and memory. The surviving stone may belong to William Massey, MP for Swords in 1777, but that claim rests on local recollection rather than certainty.

Located immediately N of Malahide estuary. The site comprises a raised oval area, aligned E-W (L 27m, Wth 22m, H 1.4m-1.8m) enclosed by a modern wall which appears to have replaced an earlier earthen enclosure. A rectangular sunken feature aligned E-W, towards W end of graveyard is probably the remains of the church (L 8.0m, Wth 6.9m). The graveyard is no longer used for burials. (Healy 1975, 25). The gravyard is very overgrown with only a single gravestone visible. According to Peadar Bates, local historian, the gravestone is that of William Massey 1777, MP for Swords. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Updated by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 16 January 2015

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