What is recorded here

Grave Yard in County Cork remains an active burial place beside a road, holding Roberts vaults from 1838 and older stones dating to 1782. It occupies a trapezoidal strip enclosed by stone walls, sloping gently southward beneath low uninscribed markers. The missing Ballyfoyle parish church once stood nearby, repaired in 1615 but ruined by 1639, leaving the graveyard as the continuing visible trace of that lost community.

On SE side of road; trapezoidal area (c. 35m N-S; c. 30m E-W) enclosed by stone wall; interior slopes down gently to S. Many low uninscribed grave markers in S half; headstone dated 1782 in SE corner; another stone (H0.6m; 0.25m x 0.16m) has simple Latin cross (H 0.2m; Wth 0.14m) incised on W face. Vault of Roberts family with date 1838 in NE corner. Still in use. No visible surface trace of Ballyfoyle parish church which stood to N of centre (site indicated on 1842 OS 6-inch map); in repair 1615 but ruinous by 1639 (Brady 1863, vol. 1, 354-5). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). 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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