What is recorded here

Grave Yard in County Laois is a D-shaped graveyard holding post-1700 memorials around a central church dedicated to the Blessed Virgin. A 19th-century stone wall encloses it, while a public road cuts across its south edge, pulling the sacred and ordinary into one breath. Bernard Dempsie received the vicarage there in 1550, tying the place to a much older Christian life.

D-shaped shaped graveyard (int. dims. 53m N-S; 60m E-W) enclosed by a 19th century stone wall containing post 1700 memorials. Church (LA019-022----) located in centre of graveyard. S side of graveyard intersected by a public road running on an E-W axis. The church was dedicated to the Blessed Virgin. According to the Patent Rolls of Edward VI, on Nov. 24th, 1550, Bernard Dempsie was presented to the vicarage of Bealaquillane [Clopook] (Comerford 1883-86, 128). See attached Bing Maps aerial photograph taken between 06-07 November 2011 which shows church and graveyard. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 17 December 2007

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