Overview
Graveyard in Killybrone is recorded as Graveyard in Mayo. This record refers to a graveyard associated with a church (MA015-060001-) which gave Killybrone townland its name. The exact location of the church and graveyard is in doubt.
Who made it and when
The saved account records: O'Donovan in the 1838 OS Letters recorded that this church, which was demolished about five years before his visit to the area, was located 'about six perches to the north of a fort that is nearly destroyed' and occupied ‘the highest part of this rising ground which very well merits the name of Tulach...’ (O’Flanagan 1927, 287-8 (124)).
How it was made and used
The saved account records: This record refers to a graveyard associated with a church (MA015-060001-) which gave Killybrone townland its name.
What was found
The saved account records: However, no trace of the church or graveyard is evident on the ridge top, and the exact location of both remains unknown.
What remains
The saved account records: The exact location of the church and graveyard is in doubt.
Why it mattered
Graveyard in Killybrone matters because a belief or tradition is tied to this exact place and forms part of its local memory. The source records: According to local tradition, the church was located upslope to S of this rath, somewhere in the vicinity of ITM 519466 830984. The tradition is kept as a recorded belief; it is not silently turned into literal fact.
History checked 15 August 2026 against the named sources below.
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