What is recorded here
According to Carrigan (1905, vol. 3, 382), ‘The site of another very ancient church and churchyard is pointed out in the small tract of Killiny lying south of the King’s River, in a field bearing the very suggestive name of Farran-na-hogglisha, Fearann na hEaglaise, or Church Land. The church that stood here, like that on the oppositie bank of the river, has been obliterated. The western boundary of the churchyard is marked by a sandpit, which was opened here several years ago, but had to be abandoned by the workmen owing to the vast amount of human bones they came upon’. This church is also mentioned by Commins (1906, 271) as, 'A short distance above the village [Kells], on the side of the King's River, stood the Church of Killiney, which Dr. O'Donovan considered to be the Cill Funuche in Ossory, which the Four Masters say was burned by a party of Danes in the year 837'. The church (KK027-064001-) and graveyard (KK027-064002-) on the N side of the Kings River are unlocated. The precise location of this graveyard and associated church (KK027-063001-), in the portion of Killinny townland S of the Kings River is unknown.
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Date of upload: 18 April 2023
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