What is recorded here

Grave Yd. is a graveyard on a SW-NE ridge in County Kilkenny, Ireland, associated with a medieval church. Carrigan (1905, vol. 4, 320) reported no head-stone and no remembered interment, suggesting the buried dead may have vanished or never came. The church wall fell in 1973, and farm buildings now occupy the grave earth, turning death into daily labour and forgetting into ordinary life.

On a SW-NE ridge. Associated with a medieval church (KK030-010001-). The graveyard is indicated on the 1st (1839) ed. OS 6-inch map and appears to relate to a rectangular area (dims. c. 45m N-S; c. 32m E-W) surrounding the church. According to Carrigan (1905, vol. 4, 320), there 'is no head-stone in the surrounding graveyard; and no interment has taken place here as long as any one can remember'. The remaining wall of the church was demolished in 1973 and farm buildings, including a milking parlour and cow sheds, now occupy the graveyard. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 25 July 2023

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