What is recorded here

Grave Yd. is a living burial ground on the south side of a road near Kenmare, holding stones from the late 18th century beside the ruined Church of Ireland church. Its rectangular stone-walled boundary has marked death and memory in County Kerry for generations, still receiving the dead while the church roof has long since fallen. The place does not need a dramatic story because it has kept doing the same quiet work: receiving people, holding them, and waiting for the town to return.

On the S side of a road c. 1 km NE of Kenmare town. A rectangular area (c. 70m NE-SW; c. 60m NW-SE) bounded by a stone wall is named 'Burial Ground' on the 1846 OS 6-inch map. The earliest gravestones noted date to the late 18th-century; it is still in use. The ruin of a Church of Ireland church (KE093-115001-) lies in the N half. Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 30 May 2011

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