Grave Yard — Cahersiveen

The poorly preserved remains of this parish church [KE079-037001-] are located in an approximately wedge-shaped, disused graveyard in Cahersiveen town. The graveyard (KE079-037003-) is enclosed by a wall which incorporates the rears of a number of disused houses along its E side. Tidying of the graveyard in recent decades has resulted in the removal of two areas of grave-markers, which were located in its SW and N sectors. These slabs now pave an area on the S side of the Medieval church (local information). One of them, measuring 1.02m x .35m x .09m thick, has an outline Latin cross on its present upper surface. Almost all of the nineteenth-century slate grave-markers were also relocated, and now line the S wall of the Medieval church and the floor of the nineteenth-century church. Two sandstone slabs, located in the SE angle of the former, bear late seventeenth-century dates: 1682 and 1689. There are a number of tombs in the graveyard, and one abutting the E gable is reputed to be the burial place of Daniel O'Connell's parents. The above description is derived from A. O'Sullivan and J. Sheehan (compilers), 'The Iveragh peninsula: an archaeological survey of South Kerry'. Cork University Press (1996), no. 1088. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 31 July 2013