What is recorded here
Graveyard in Derry Upper marks Molua's church, an early sacred site buried beneath pasture on an east-facing slope. It hides from ordinary sight, yet the land still carries the shape of prayer and loss. People may have walked past grass and forgotten death, but the ground remembered every body it received.
This is regarded as the site of an early church and graveyard called Molua's church (Power 1952, 161). Situated in pasture on an E-facing slope, it is not visible at ground level.
Power, Rev. P. (1952) The placenames of the Decies. (second ed.) Cork University Press.
Compiled by: Michael Moore. Date of upload: 23rd March, 2011.
Early Christian graveyard; 6th–10th century. Associated with Saint Molua, indicating its ecclesiastical and regional historical significance in early Irish Christianity.
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
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