What is recorded here

Holy Cross Cemetery is a large triangular graveyard at the south edge of Charleville, enclosing the ruin of Rathgogan parish church and a holy well. Headstones dated to the 1790s crowd the church interior, while two roofed mausolea sit to the southwest. The place layers burial, worship and memory inside concrete walls beside public roads.

On E side of road, at S edge of Charleville town. Large triangular graveyard (c. 200m x c. 150m x c. 50m) bounded on two sides by public roads and on third side (NW) by field; enclosed by concrete walls. Incorporates, to N of centre, earlier rectangular (c. 50m NW-SE; c. 70m NE-SW) graveyard (as shown on 1842, 1904 and 1935 OS 6-inch maps) with ruin of Rathgogan parish church (14449) at its centre and holy well (14032) on N side. Numerous headstones noted; earliest dated to 1790s; interior of church crowded with grave plots; two roofed mausolea to SW of church. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

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