Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Graveyard
Fenit Within, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Fenit Within
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Grave Yard (Disused), Dotted outline
- Coordinates
- 52.29645, -9.87509
- SMR number
- KE028-023003-
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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
Fenit church and burial ground was described in 1841 as follows; 'There was an old church [KE028-023001-] on the Island of Fenit, a short distance to the South West of the castle [KE028-001----]. It is destroyed to the foundation, and there is no burial at it' (OSL).
Folklore collected from Chapeltown (Baile na hEaglaise) School recorded the following tradition; 'This is the remains of an ancient church [KE028-023001-]. It is situated about 200 yds inland and south-west of the Castle [KE028-001----] in Fenit Island. It is marked on the Ordnance Survey Map. Around the ruin are numbers of rough stones standing on end, most likely a burial ground. Until quite lately they buried unbaptised children in the graveyard. Hollows in the ground nearby would indicate there were other buildings also close to the church proper. The 1/4 acre in which the ruin and graveyard are were never tilled and never will be (The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0438, Page 270-1; https://www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/4706321/4702383) '.
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 26 April 2022
References
OSL - Ordnance Survey Letters. Letters written by members of the Ordnance Survey's 'Topographical Department' (T. O'Conor, A. O'Curry, E. Curry, J. O'Donovan and P. O'Keeffe) sent to headquarters from the field (1834-41). MSS in Royal Irish Academy.
O'Donovan, J. 1983 The antiquities of the county of Kerry. Cork. Royal Carbery Books.
Nearby in the register
- Sheepfoldunder 1 mi
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Chapelunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.