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Recorded as 'Old Burial Ground (Disused)' on the 2nd and 3rd editions of the OS 6-inch map on the island named 'Illannamarve' (Oileán na Marbh). The island was used as a place of burial for stillborn and upbaptised infants during the 19th and 20th centuries. Several unidentified adult bodies washed ashore during that period were also buried there. A cross and plague were erected on the island in 2009 to commemorate those interred. The inscription on the plaque reads:
‘I ndíl chuimhne / ar na hAingle Beaga / agus na Mairnéalaigh / atá adhlachta ar Oileán na Marbh / ón 19ú to dtí 20ú aois / Suaimhneas síoraí tabhair daofa, a Thiarna / “Yes we will gather here at the river”/ Tógtha at on Phobal Áitúil / 9ú Lúnasa 2009’.
In memory of the little angels and the mariners who are buried on Oileán na Marbh from the 19th to the 20th centuries. Grant them eternal rest, O Lord. “Yes we will gather at the river”. Erected by the local community, 9th July 2009.
(Lacy et al. 1983, 312; No. 1771)
Compiled by: Paul Walsh
Date of upload: 30 August 2012
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