Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Children's burial ground
Barrow, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Barrow
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Childrens Burial Gd.
- Coordinates
- 52.30310, -9.84825
- SMR number
- KE028-004004-
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1753 "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Children's burial ground associated with 'Templeen' (KE028-004003-) church described by Kelly (1999, 463) as 'a burial ground [KE028-004012-] seems to have existed on the south side of the church [KE028-004003-], as evidenced by human bones having been accidently turned up in ploughing there many years ago, and not connected with the use of part of the ground as a children's cemetery less than a century ago.' No surface trace of the Children's burial ground was noted and the interior of the church was inaccessible due to overgrowth. Ecclesiastical Remains entered onto the Register of Historic Monuments on 28 February 1992. See Iris Oifigiúil, 28th February, 1992, Schedule 1/92.
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 19 May 2022
References
Kelly, L. 1989 Blennerville: Gateway to Tralee's Past. Foras Áiseanna Saothair, Training and Employment Authority, Community Response Programme.
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.