What is recorded here

Indicated is a roughly square graveyard beside St Mary’s Church in Callan, County Kilkenny, occupying the SE angle of the main crossroads where Green Street and Mill Street meet. The parish church dates to the 13th century and was founded by William Marshall, who died in 1219. Buried people may have included townsfolk, travellers and families whose names no longer appear, their lives reduced to soil beneath stones.

Centrally placed within the walled town of Callan (KK026-010----), at the junction of Green Street (formerly South Street) and Mill Street (formerly East Street). A roughly square graveyard (dims. c. 70m NNE-SSW; c. 78m WNW-ESE) associated with the medieval parish church of St Mary’s (KK026-010012-) occupying the SE angle of the main crossroads in the town. The parish church was founded in the 13th century by William Marshall (died 1219), (Carrigan 1905, vol. 3, 297). Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 27 June 2022

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