Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Graveyard
County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Grave Yard
- Latest-edition OS map
- Grave Yard
- Coordinates
- 53.34408, -6.28959
- SMR number
- DU018-474----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
American Geographical Society Library, UW-MilwaukeeLionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public LibraryDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDigital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library
5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1799 map "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1836 · Dublin (Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1900 · Large scale plan of Dublin. (Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library)
- 1908 · Dublin, Ireland 1908 (American Geographical Society Library, UW-Milwaukee)
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The National Monuments Service's description
Rectangular-shaped graveyard (dims. 96m N-S x 60m E-W) to the N of St James' Parish Church (DU018-020346-) which is enclosed by a post-1700 stone wall. Described by Ní Mharcaigh (1997, 276) as; 'The old graveyard, which has some sixteenth-century burials, surrounds it on three sides'.
See attached section of Rocque's 1756 Map of Dublin City showing St James' Church and graveyard to the N
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 12 June 2023
References
Ní Mharcaigh, M. 1997 The medieval parish churches of south-west County Dublin. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy 97C, 245-96.
Rocque, J. 1756 An exact survey of the city and suburbs of Dublin. Available at https://libguides.ucd.ie/findingmaps/mapshistDublin Accessed on 5 January .
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Armorial plaqueunder 1 mi
- Tomb - chest tombunder 1 mi
- Graveslabunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.