What is recorded here

Burial Ground stands on the northern edge of the River Goul valley in County Kilkenny, a small rectangle of dead time beside a medieval church. It was still receiving bodies in 1966, long after officials called it unfrequented, proving that living people kept returning to feed the earth. The fair views stretch across pasture in every direction, inviting the watcher to wonder whether the dead watch back or simply forget the difference between sleeping and leaving.

On the northern edge of the River Goul valley, where the land is beginning to rise, in rolling pasture and tillage. There are fair views across valley in all directions. A sub-rectangular graveyard (dims. c. 32m N-S; c. 40m E-W extending a further 16m eastward in the SE sector. The medieval church (KK008-017001-) is located roughly in the centre. According to the OS letters (1839), this was a 'small unfrequented grave yard' (O'Flanagan 1930, vol. 1, 114 (38)), however, Moore (1874-9, vol. 1, 38-9) mentions that it was still used as a burial ground. Carrigan (1905, vol. 2, 279) mentions that there are few inscribed headstones and gives the oldest as dating to 1761. When visited in 1987 the most recent burial in the graveyard dated to 1966. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 27 September 2017

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