What is recorded here

Indicated is a graveyard in County Monaghan where a small stream loops around masonry walls and the parish church of Errigal Trough still stands inside the burial ground. Most headstones date to the 18th century and belong to McKenna, while two carved corbels were moved to Favor Royal and the graveslab of Prior Tullius Kena has vanished from view. The place holds both continuity and loss: names remain, stones shifted, and one man’s marker disappeared entirely.

Situated on an E-W rise in a low-lying position, and in the loop of a small stream that runs W-E outside the graveyard at S and returns SE-NE on the NE side of the subrectangular graveyard (dims c. 80m N-S; c. 40-45m E-W) defined by masonry walls. The parish church of Errigal Trough (MO003-018002-) is within the graveyard. Most of the headstones, dating almost exclusively to the 18th century and dominated by those of McKenna, have been recorded (Taylor 1892-1900; Mulligan et al. 1987), while a more recent survey by Irish Graveyard Surveys is displayed at the entrance on the W side. Two corbels with carved heads from the graveyard were moved to Favor Royal, Co. Tyrone (ITA 1943), but the graveslab of Prior Tullius Kena (MO003-018007-) dated 1698 is no longer visible in the graveyard. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revision: 7 November, 2016

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