What is recorded here

Derrycooraun holds a burial site in County Mayo, though no visible marker remains to confirm the claim. The land may have swallowed a body, a tiered jar or a forgotten person whose name dissolved before writing arrived. Rain, cattle traffic and patience would have smoothed the evidence into ordinary ground. The absence of proof does not erase the dead; it forces witness into imagination.

The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.

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