Graveslab in Cahersiveen

The poorly preserved remains of this parish church [KE079-037001-] are located in an approximately wedge-shaped, disused graveyard in Cahersiveen town. Tidying of the graveyard (KE079-037003-) 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 (KE079-037004-), 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 (KE079-037005-) and 1689 (KE079-037006-). 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. See attached drawing of church ruins and 17th century graveslabs taken from O'Sullivan and Sheehan 1996, Fig. 225 To see a 3D model of this graveslab, visit; https://skfb.ly/ox9ES 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