What is recorded here

Grave Yard in County Longford stopped receiving burials in 1955, yet scrub now strangles the stones and hides the dead beneath green noise. The church still stands in the southern half, guarding a 1642 memorial inside while the outside realm has slipped into forgetfulness. What the grass swallowed may have been ordinary lives, love affairs, feuds or faith; the silence preserves more than marble does.

Associated with a church (LF014-052001-) that stands in its SW half. This irregularly shaped graveyard (90m NE-SW; 42m NW-SE) is enclosed by a series of concrete posts with intervening mesh-wire fencing. Access is via a wrought-iron gate and an adjacent stile at SW. The graveyard is overgrown with scrub rendering inspection difficult. The oldest identified memorial (LF014-052003-), dated 1642, is inside the church. The graveyard was closed in 1955 (ITA Survey 1944; Lennon 2005). Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan, Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 5 June 2013

The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.