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Children's burial ground

Lismanny, County Galway, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Children's burial ground, Lismanny, County Galway, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Lismanny
County
Galway
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Childrens Burial Gd.
Coordinates
53.26499, -8.17897
SMR number
GA100-126002-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

In undulating pastureland. Named 'Children's Burial Gd.' on the 1946 edition of the OS 6-inch map, this burial ground occupies the W half of a possible ecclesiastical enclosure (GA100-126002-). It is roughly oval in shape (64.5m N-S; 48.2m E-W) and is surrounded by mature beech, chestnut and lime trees. It is now delimited by a metal rod fence; originally it appears to have been unenclosed. Access is gained via a gateway at NNW. Burials marked by erect and collapsed crudely shaped limestone headstones, and typical of a children's burial ground, are concentrated in the N half. However three later headstones are also visible, two of which bear inscriptions. The most complete one reads:
In memory of Charles McCracken
Born May 1834
Died April 1921
This headstone indicates that a least one adult was buried here.

Compiled by: Olive Alcock

Date of upload: 27 March 2020

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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