What is recorded here

G. Yd is a graveyard in Rinnarogue, County Sligo, Ireland. It measures about 60m N-S and 60m E-W, slopes steeply south, and holds the ruined Dominican Cloonameehan priory on a central terrace. The site remains active with 19th- and 20th-century headstones, low uninscribed markers, and the earliest surviving inscriptions dating to the early 19th century.

An irregularly shaped graveyard (c. 60m N-S; c. 60m E-W) which slopes down steeply to the S except for a terrace near the centre which contains the ruin of Cloonameehan priory (SL039-002001-), a Dominican foundation. The graveyard is still in use. It contains many 19th- and 20th-century headstones and some low uninscribed grave-markers. The earliest inscriptions on the grave memorials are from the early 19th century (M. B. Timoney 1993, 10). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of upload: 18 January 2008

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