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Burial ground

Swiftsheath, County Kilkenny, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Burial ground, Swiftsheath, County Kilkenny, 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
Swiftsheath
County
Kilkenny
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.74172, -7.29221
SMR number
KK010-113----

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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)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (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

According to Carrigan (1905, vol. 2, 197), 'At Hally's, in Swiftsheath, there is a five-acre field called the Rillig, i.e., graveyard. Human skulls and bones have been frequently dug up here. A wooden coffin was unearthed on the spot, about 1810; also, a cannon-ball 7lb. weight. There is no trace of a church'. Local tradition places the burial ground near a pond SW of Hally's farm, possibly in the small field (dims. c. 78m NE-SW; c. 65m NW-SE) immediately N of the pond. The field boundaries have since been removed and a farm roadway runs along the N and W edge of the field.

Compiled by: Jean Farrelly

Date of upload: 14 January 2019

References

Carrigan, Rev. W. 1905 (Reprint 1981) The history and antiquities of the diocese of Ossory, 4 vols. Kilkenny. Roberts Books and Wellbrook Press.

Nearby in the register

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

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