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Burial

Curragh (Kildare ED), County Kildare, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Burial, Curragh, County Kildare, 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
Curragh (Kildare ED)
County
Kildare
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Memorial Cross
Coordinates
53.14894, -6.86572
SMR number
KD023-111----

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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)
  • 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. C. Kon: Ireland. a. Prov: Leinster. Counties: 1-12 (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 1967, a human skull was found during the digging of a foundation to refurbish a well-known Curragh monument - the Priest's Grave - traditionally regarded as the burial place of a priest killed on the Curragh in 1798 during a massacre of insurgents by Crown Forces under General Duff. The skull was examined in the NMI and subsequently reburied on site. (Cahill and Sikora 2011, Vol 2, 482-3)

Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy

Date of upload: 10 June 2011

References

Cahill, M. and Sikora, M. (eds) 2011 Breaking ground, finding graves - reports on the excavations of burials by the National Museum of Ireland, 1927-2006, 2 vols. Dublin. Wordwell Ltd. in association with the National Museum of Ireland.

Nearby in the register

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

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