What is recorded here

Dogstown graveyard lost its church and wall before 1892, leaving seven student graves marked only by wooden crosses far from home. That distance turns a small burial plot into a chamber of forgotten youth, where ordinary death becomes a warning about how quickly memory retreats.

According to the OS Letters (1840) 'The site of the Parish Church is shewn in a green field in the Townland of Dogstown, but even the graveyard is effaced' (O'Flanagan 1930, vol. 1, 82 (220)). White (1892, 62-3) equates Dogstown with Kilenevy and states that the church was within the grounds of Rockwell College. He describes how 'I remember seeing a head stone there long ago which was erected to a man of the name of Morressy' and goes on to say 'Not a stone now remains of either the Church or the wall which enclosed the graveyard. At the time of my last visit there were seven graves, most probably those of students who died here; far away from home and kindred. There was a wooden cross at the head of each grave' (ibid.). The church (TS068-126----) and graveyard are unlocated within the townland. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 28 January 2013

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