What is recorded here

Indicated is a rectangular graveyard in Freshford, County Kilkenny, where a stone wall still holds thirteen-century slabs beside monuments from 1730 onwards. The church sits at the heart of the town, while a later annexe cuts across the northern ground like a forgotten room divider. People have died, been remembered, and been buried there continuously enough to fill the space densely.

A rectangular graveyard (dims. c. 37m N-S; c. 55m E-W), defined by a stone wall, which extends N, E and S of a Romanesque church (KK013-023001-) with later additions, including a 19th-century annexe which runs N-S across the N portion of the graveyard, separating the NW quadrant from the rest of the graveyard. The church and graveyard are roughly centrally placed in Freshford, at the junction of Kilkenny Street to the S and New Bridge Street to the W. The graveyard is entered through a gate in the W wall. According to Carrigan (1905, vol. 2, 255) the graveyard was, 'thickly-tenanted', with 'many monuments dating from about 1730 onwards'. He noted on recumbent graveslab dating to the 17th century (KK013-023003-) and a late medieval graveslab fragment (KK013-023010-) inserted in the W graveyard wall beside the entrance gate (ibid.). There is also a 17th-century graveslab (KK013-023012-) in the W graveyard wall and a 13th/14th century graveslab (KK013-023013-) in the SE portion of the graveyard. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 21 April 2020

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