Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Graveyard
Straffan, County Kildare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Straffan
- County
- Kildare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Grave Yard
- Latest-edition OS map
- Grave Yard
- Coordinates
- 53.31164, -6.61056
- SMR number
- KD014-013001-
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
Immediately N of Straffan church (KD014-013----). A well-maintained, roughly rectangular area (dims. L c. 90m E-W; Wth c. 50m N-S) is enclosed by a mortared stone wall and entered through a gateway at E. Tunstead has recorded some 45 inscriptions and 37 photographs of the grave markers, dating from the 19th century to the present. (Headstones: Kildare, Straffan Cemetery, Co. Kildare, Ireland Genealogy Projects Archives [Online] available at: http://www.igp-web.com/IGPArchives [Accessed 06 May 2011])
Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy
Date of upload: 10 June 2011
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Kiln - limeunder 1 mi
- Castle - motte and baileyunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.