What is recorded here
G. Yd. is a walled graveyard in County Dublin holding 18th and 19th century memorials. Its rectangular shape and standing wall suggest a community that marked death with pride rather than hiding it. The stones may have guided mourners through grief, recorded local names, and kept a neighbourhood’s memory alive long after the people forgot the shapes of the lives behind them.
A roughly rectangular graveyard enclosed by a wall. There are 18th and 19th century memorials within the graveyard.
Compiled by: Geraldine Stout
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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