What is recorded here

Grave Yard stands elevated in County Laois, holding a roughly square stone-walled enclosure and a divided rubble limestone church dedicated to St. Fintan before he moved to Clonenagh. Inscribed headstones appearing after 1700 AD mark the continuing human layer above whatever older life Fintan first tended there. The clarity of its shape and the patience of its wall suggest a place kept rather than abandoned, where death was measured in stone and memory instead of forgotten.

Situated in an elevated position. Dedicated to St. Fintan who resided here before moving to Clonenagh. (Comerford 1886, vol. 3, 337-338). A divided nave and chancel church (LA017-014) built of rubble limestone, roughly coursed. Visible inscribed headstones post date 1700 AD. Roughly square shaped graveyard (int. dims. 31m N-S; 44m E-W) enclosed by a stone wall containing post 1700 AD memorials. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 17 December 2007

A medieval Christian cemetery associated with an early monastic site; significant for its connection to St. Fintan and the early spread of Christianity in the region.

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