Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Graveyard
Tynagh, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Tynagh
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Burying Ground
- Latest-edition OS map
- Burial Ground
- Coordinates
- 53.15093, -8.37324
- SMR number
- GA117-094002-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
On a hillock in undulating pastureland at the NE end of Tynagh village. This rectilinear graveyard (c. 60m NE-SW; c. 45m NW-SE) is enclosed by a mortared stone wall capped with concrete. Access is gained via a gateway and stile at SW. Inscribed grave-markers date from the mid-18th century and most of these examples are lying against the W wall. A number of small uninscribed grave-markers are also visible. A large wooden crucifix marks the site of an associated church (GA117-094001-). On inspection the graveyard was being expanded to the N and most of the N wall had been removed. This extension is accessed by a new entrance and pathway off the roadway to the W.
Compiled by: Olive Alcock
Date of upload: 7 April 2020
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- House - 18th/19th centuryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.