What is recorded here

The graveyard in Churchtown is in County Waterford, Ireland. It occupies a rectangular area about fifty metres east-west and forty-five metres north-south on the south bank of the west-east River Suir, with the stream about sixty metres to the north. The parish church of Dysert stands inside the masonry-walled graveyard, which has a smaller annexe about twenty-eight metres east-west and twenty-four metres north-south at its north-west corner. The graveyard holds two grave slabs, a fragment of an octagonal font and two armorial stones probably dating from the eighteenth century.

Situated on the S bank of the W-E River Suir with the stream c. 60m to the N. The parish church of Dysert (WA003-001001-) is within a rectangular graveyard (dims. c. 50m E-W; c. 45m N-S) defined with masonry walls with an annexe (dims. c. 28m E-W; c. 24m N-S) at the NW. Two graveslabs (WA003-001003-; WA003-001004-), a fragment of an octagonal font (WA003-001007-) and two armorial stones (WA003-001006-), probably 18th century in date, are in the graveyard. (Ryland 1824, 290-92; Martin 1874-5, 248-9; Power 1896b, 6-8) Martin, Dr. (1874-5) Proceedings and papers, JRSAI 13, 247-50, 437, 479, 481. Power, Rev. P. (1896b) The ancient ruined churches of Waterford. WAJ. 2, 2-15, 195-298. Ryland, Rev. R. H. (1824) The History, topography and antiquities of the county and city of Waterford. John Murray. London. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 08 December 2010

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