What is recorded here

Russellstown graveyard has vanished into a modern farmyard, leaving behind only a font and two broken church fragments. A 19th-century graveslab now lies in St. Michael’s Cemetery, Athy, having been pulled from the buried field. The dead are still there under the soil, waiting for someone to stop pretending the land is empty.

In a modern farmyard. Although not recorded on any edition of the OS 6-inch maps, this location was identified by the Athy Cemeteries Committee (athycemeteriescommittee@hotmail.com) as being that of Russellstown church (KD035-100----) and graveyard. While no visible surface traces survive, a 19th-century graveslab found in St. Michael’s Cemetery (KD035-022015-), Athy, is believed to have originally stood in Russellstown graveyard (pers. comm. M. Donovan). A font (KD035-100002-), and two architectural fragments (KD035-100003-), presumably from the levelled church, survive at the site. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 19 December 2012

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