What is recorded here

Kilbrahan Graveyard disappeared when the Graigue road cut through it, yet coffins and bones still surface when that field is tilled. St. Braghan gave the place his name and the Martyrology of Donegal gives him September 17th. The road may still curve around the hidden church, drawing travellers past a graveyard that refuses to be forgotten.

According to Holahan (1883, 107), 'There was formerly a graveyard in Kilbrahan. Its site is still pointed out at the cross-roads, in a field, at the left, as one approaches the village from Graigue. When the field was tilled at the beginning of this [19th] century, portions of coffins and human bones were found there. According to local tradition, there was a church [KK022-011001-] here also; but no traces of it now remain. The church was dedicated to St. Braghan, from whom the place derives its name. His feast is set down in the Martyrology of Donegal on the 17th of September'. Carrigan (1905, vol. 3, 442) notes that, 'St. Brachan's church at Kilbraghan cross, at the exact point where the public road branches off to Graigue...was thrown down, and the graveyard destroyed, many years ago, when this road was being constructed. It is said that there was a monastery here in ancient times'. The curving of the Graigue road may follow the N arc of an ecclesiastical enclosure (KK022-011003-). There is no visible trace of the graveyard at ground level. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 17 May 2021

This remains an important historical record, but the official description says the monument is no longer visible or has been destroyed. The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.