Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Children's burial ground
Mullacash South, County Kildare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Mullacash South
- County
- Kildare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- SMR number
- KD024-068001-
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The National Monuments Service's description
A whitethorn bush known as the Mullacash mass-bush (KD024-068----) marks the site of a penal mass station which stands inside a natural hollow creating an amphitheatre like setting. The mass bush and hollow are clearly visible on Digital Globe aerial photographs. According to local tradition the mass bush marks the site of a children's burial ground (Gibson 1990, 62).
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by William Gibson
Date of upload: 23 April 2019
References
Gibson, W.H. (ed.) 1990 St Peter's Church, Two-Mile-House, 1790-1990.