What is recorded here
Clooncah is a possible rath in County Mayo where a children's burial ground may have existed. No gravemarkers or burial traces remain visible, leaving the claim suspended between memory and soil. The absence does not diminish the place; it redirects attention to what disappeared rather than what still stands.
In a possible rath (MA081-046001-). There may have been a children’s burial ground at this enclosure (pers. comm. Leo Morahan). There are no obvious traces of gravemarkers or burials.
Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 8 December 2021
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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