What is recorded here

Grave Yard in County Laois has buried people since before 1563, when it first appeared on a map of Leix and Offaly. St. Colman of Oughaval gave the place its Christian name, yet no headstones remain to tell which hands dug each hole or which prayers closed each grave. The stone wall still holds the shape of that old traffic between the living and the dead, even though new interments have stopped.

Marked on the map of Leix and Offaly 1563. Church (LA025-010) was associated with St. Colman of Oughaval. (Comerford 1886, vol. 3, 131). No headstones visible in surrounding graveyard. Described by Comerford as 'of the church at Tecolme on the west gable remains, in which was the doorway. Mounds indicate the outlines of this church, from which it appears to have been 36 feet long by 13 wide. It is called in the locality, Teampull. A graveyard in which it is situate, has ceased to be used for interments' (Comerford 1886, vol. 3, 131). Irregularly shaped graveyard (int. dims. 34m N-S; 38m E-W) enclosed by a stone wall containing post 1700 AD memorials. Church in centre of graveyard. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 17 December 2007

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