What is recorded here

Coldwell Lisheen Grave Yard is a children's burial ground on a Galway hilltop, its limestone markers set in neat rows beneath an open sky. The name Lisheen na b-paistidh, meaning the field of the children, still belongs to the place, reminding visitors that small lives were lost here before records existed. A lonely tree stands beside the graves, bending slightly in the Atlantic wind as if keeping watch over the quiet field.

In grassland, on the summit of a hill. Frequently called 'Lisin na b-paistidh' (O'Flanagan 1927, Vol. 1, 118), this monument, in fair condition, consists of an almost square unenclosed area (N-S c. 13.7m, E-W c. 13.5m) with evidence of bulldozing at NE. Many limestone grave-markers, two of which are inscribed, are arranged in rows aligned NE-SW. A lone tree stands on the highest point of the hill on SSW side of the monument. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). Date of upload: 05 August 2010

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