What is recorded here

Grave Yard occupies the east end of a thirteenth-century Augustinian abbey, yet local people did not use that chamber for burial when a drawing captured it in 1781. The post-1700 boundary wall, round-arched gateway and raised ground turned an abandoned religious space into a small burial room where eighteenth-century stones still mark the dead. The medieval vaulted arcading remains visible on the south wall, suggesting that the living learned to place their grief inside architecture already shaped for prayer.

Post-1700 graveyard which was built inside the E end of the Lady Chapel of the 13th century Augustinian Abbey (KD023-016----). In 1781 a drawing of the E gable of Lady Chapel and the Augustinian abbey shows that at this time the area was not being used as a graveyard by the local people (NLI Coo 2122 TX (1) 3). The E gable of the chapel forms the E boundary of the post-1700 graveyard. The N wall of the abbey forms the N boundary of the graveyard while the S wall of the abbey represents the S boundary of the burial ground. The N face of the S wall of the graveyard has evidence of vaulted arcading belonging to the 13th century abbey. The W wall of the graveyard with its round-arched gateway appears to be the only section of post-1700 boundary wall. The graveyard consists of a small rectangular-shaped area (c. 27m E-W; c. 17m N-S) enclosed by a stone wall entered through a post-1700 round-headed gateway in the W wall. The enclosed area is higher than surrounding ground level. Table tombs, graveslab and headstones date from the 18th century onwards. (http://www.kildarearchsoc.ie/great-connell-graveyard/ Last accessed 24-05-2012) Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 23 April 2019

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