What is recorded here

Graveyard in Liberties OF Carlingford belongs to County Louth, Ireland. The rectangular graveyard associated with Holy Trinity Church is inter-denominational. Headstones range from the 18th century onwards, while the earliest inscribed gravestone records Ann Toomes, age nine, who died November 1703. An upside-down medieval coffin-shaped slab still marks one grave in the south. Skeletons found beneath the church floor during later work suggest the ground has hidden more than it shows.

The rectangular graveyard (map dims. 50m E-W; 35m N-S) associated with Holy Trinity Church (LH005-042010-) is inter-denominational. The headstones range in date from the 18th century onwards and the earliest inscribed gravestone records the death of nine year old, Ann Toomes, who died November 1703. In the south of the graveyard is a chamfered coffin shaped slab set upside down at the head of a grave: only the lower portion is visible and it is of medieval date (see LH005-052011-). Restoration work in the church in 1991 led to the discovery of a number of skeletons under the floor boards. These yielded radiocarbon dates of AD 1442-1650 and AD 1517-1666 (Gleeson and Moore 1993, 44-5). Further building work in 1999 led to the discovery of two more skeletons (Bermingham 2000, 189). Compiled by: Claire Breen Updated by: Paul Walsh Date of upload: 23 May 2016

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