What is recorded here

Toomullin graveyard once held the dead beside its church on the Aille River, but in 1982 a bulldozer erased most of it. Only a low scarp remains against the church wall, perhaps grave soil dumped in a hurry. Conor MacClancy may have slept there until 1625, his name lost on a flagstone now nowhere to be seen. The valley keeps its shape, but the graves gave way to pasture and forgetting.

Adjacent to Toomullin church (CL008-072001-) on the N bank of the Aille River, in a flat E-W valley in pasture with steep hillsides to the N and S and also overlooked by higher ground to the E. According to Spellissy (1987, 66) this graveyard was bulldozed in 1982. The only trace is a low scarp around the N half of the church exterior, which may be material from the graveyard piled against the church wall. A flagstone with a latin inscription and the letters ‘C.C.’, believed to be the initials of Conor MacClancy who died in 1625 is also believed to have been located here (Spellissy 1983, 9). There is a holy well (CL008-072003-) c. 45m to the ESE of the church. Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 17 January 2023 Spellissy, S. 1983 A Doolin walk: from Tuath Clae Church to Doonagore Castle. The Other Clare 7, 8-13.

The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.