What is recorded here

Grave Yard is an open field of the dead beside Kilferagh medieval church in County Kilkenny, Ireland, where the River Nore still passes eighty metres east. It grew from a small unenclosed strip into a walled rectangle, perhaps because the living wanted more room for grief or more pride in memory. The church leans northeast among the graves like a house forgotten by its own family.

In a field under pasture, on raised ground overlooking the River Nore which flows NW-SE c. 80m to the E. On the 1st (1839) ed. OS 6-inch map the associated graveyard (dims. c. 32m NE-SW; c. 24m NW-SE) is indicated by a dashed line, suggesting it was not enclosed, adjoining the S wall of Kilferagh medieval church (KK024-001001-). By the 1899-1902 revision the graveyard had been extended northward and had acquire the physical boundary, a stone wall, which is currently in place. A roughly rectangular graveyard (dims. c. 44m NW-SE; c. 52m NE-SW) with the church orientated NE-SW in the N portion. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 14 September 2021

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