Graveyard in Coolnahorna, County Waterford

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What is recorded here

Situated in pasture on flat ground at the E foothills of the Comeragh Mountains. A church known as Cill Bhaile Uí Bhreacain - the church of O'Brackenstown (Power 1952, 406) may have had a graveyard, and some bones which are probably animal bones were found at the location. Power, Rev. P. (1952) The placenames of the Decies. (second ed.) Cork University Press.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WA007-069001

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