Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Graveyard
Leixlip, County Kildare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Leixlip
- County
- Kildare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Grave Yd.
- Coordinates
- 53.36307, -6.49037
- SMR number
- KD011-004004-
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1799 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Just N of the confluence of the Rye Water with the River Liffey and containing a medieval church (KD011-004003-). A roughly square area (dims. L c. 60m; Wth c. 60m) is enclosed by a mortared stone wall. According to Colgan and Pegley's web article ('St. Mary's Graveyard, Main St, Leixlip.', accessed 12 April 2011 at www.kildare.ie/leixliphistory), the graveyard within the curtilage of St. Mary's Church (of Ireland, Episcopalian) served the wider Leixlip community, without reference to religious denomination, for many centuries. The graveyard is now virtually full and contemporary Leixlip burials - apart from cremations - are usually to the modern cemetery at Confey. The parish records of burials to St Mary's extend from 1668 to today. Unfortunately, substantial gaps exist in the years for which records are available; for example, during the period, 1668 to 1777, there are no entries in 44 of the years. There are smaller gaps in the data for the 19th century records. A list of graveyard inscriptions is also provided.
Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy
Date of upload: 10 June 2011
Nearby in the register
- Graveslabunder 1 mi
- Stone headunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Wall monumentunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.