What is recorded here
Kilmacrenan Old Graveyard holds the old church inside its boundary, marking a place where worship and death shared one ground. The name suggests a church dedicated to a saint now lost to memory, while the graveyard preserves what the building lost. People may have prayed at dawn and buried their dead at dusk without leaving the same small field. That continuity makes the stones sound less like ruin and more like a household that kept living after its roof disappeared.
Graveyard within which is located 'Kilmacrenan 'old church': see the 'Archaeological Survey of Co. Donegal' (1983), p.338; Site No. 1890.
A medieval ecclesiastical site; significance lies in its association with early Christian activity in northwest Ireland.
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
Places near here
Kilmacrenan Old Churchchurch/chapel, graveyard/cemetery · 10 yd
Kilmacrenan FriaryReligious house, Franciscan Third Order Regular · 82 yd
Colm Cille Old AbbeyArchaeological place · 83 yd
Castle (Site of)Castle, unclassified · 243 yd
BallykeeranForest recreation place · 1191 yd
Former Leitir Fairy Fort near Letter ChurchFairy fort / earthen ringfort · 1.1 mi
Silver BirchSilver Birch · 2.0 mi
Gregory HillMountain / peak · 5.4 mi
Stackarnagh Abbey GraveyardGraveyard · 5.6 mi