What is recorded here

Grave Yard stands on a low rise in County Kilkenny where the ground falls away into pasture, binding a twelve-century-old church and seven headstones inside two nested circular walls. St. Muicin still owns the place through memory, his March festival preserved in old writing while small unnamed stones scatter around the marked graves. The land does not hide its dead or pretend the border is new; it keeps both the ancient church and the recent burials visible under the same open sky.

On a low rise with ground falling away in all directions, in undulating terrain, surrounded by pasture. A 12th-century church (KK031-015001-), aligned E-W, is located in the N half of the graveyard. The roughly circular graveyard (dims. c. 24m N-S; c. 26m E-W) is bounded by modern stone wall. The graveyard is itself surrounded by a slightly larger circular enclosure (KK031-015003-). According to Carrigan (1905, vol. 4, 9), the patron of the church is St. Muicin or Muicceen, whose festival was celebrated on the 4th March. There are seven headstones, including a pseudo-Celtic cross from 1954, which are all located in the graveyard to the S of the church. There date from the late 18th century, 19th and 20th centuries, with two burials added in 2007 and 2008 respectively to existing grave plots with 20th-century headstones. There are also a lot of small stones which have been used as grave-markers. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 13 February 2017

Medieval Christian burial ground; associated with a 12th-century church. Significance lies in its potential as a long-standing place of worship and burial in the local landscape.

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