What is recorded here

The graveyard in Knockkelly is in County Tipperary, Ireland. A roughly rectangular stone enclosure, measuring 51.5 metres east to west and 35.7 metres north to south, holds the church and headstones dated from 1756 to 2010. Local tradition identifies the empty eastern section as the burial place for famine victims.

On a relatively flat break of a W-facing slope, in pastureland, with a farmyard immediately to the N. St James’ Well (TS062-089----) is located c. 180m to the N and there are two large ringforts (TS062-088----; TS062-097----) c. 260m to the NNE and c. 70m to the SSE respectively. Knockkelly castle (TS062-131001-) is clearly visible on a hill 1.6km to the SSW. The public road runs past the E wall of the graveyard. The church (TS062-096----) is in the centre of a roughly rectangular graveyard (dims. 51.5m E-W; 35.7m N-S) enclosed by a stone wall (H 1.1-1.4m). It is accessed via a gate in the E wall with a stile on either side. The headstones. which are within the church and clustered on slightly higher ground surrounding the church, date from the 18th to the 20th century, with a few recent burials, the latest dating to 2010. The earliest noted headstone is erected against the internal W gable of the church and dates to 1756. There are no headstones within the E wall of the graveyard, but according to local tradition this is where famine victims were buried in unmarked graves. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 6 March 2012

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