What is recorded here

Killanure, the church of the yew, hides beneath gently undulating Laois countryside with no visible trace remaining. The absence is not empty; it is a invitation to imagine buried worship, dead yew roots and forgotten prayers moving through soil that no longer shows its shape. What is missing becomes a room for memory, where the land keeps what the surface has released.

Reference to a burial ground called Killanure (the church of the yew), sometimes called Rath Killanure here (Comerford 1886, vol. 3, 265). Described by Comerford as 'There are no traces of a church here, nor is there any local tradition of such having existed (Comerford 1886, vol. 3, 265). In gently undulating countryside. No visible surface remains. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Laois' (Dublin Stationery Office, 1995) compiled by P. David Sweetman, Olive Alcock and Bernie Moran. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 17 December 2007

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