Graveyard

The National Monuments Service's description

According to a field report (OPW correspondence, no date), during repairs which were carried out by the Office of Public Works in 1931-2 at Ballylarkin church (KK013-018001-), human bones were found inside and outside the church. These bones signify that there was a graveyard associated with the church. According to the OS letters (1839) (O'Flanagan 1930, vol. 1, 198), 'the ruin stands in the middle of a potatoe field which is cultivated up to the very walls', which suggests that the graveyard had fallen out of use well before the 19th century. Carrigan (1905, vol. 2, 260-61) also noted that, 'As the field in which it stands has been all under cultivation, the graveyard is obliterated'. The graveyard is not visible at ground level.

Compiled by: Jean Farrelly

Date of upload: 11 January 2017

References

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

O'Flanagan, Rev. M. (Compiler) 1930 Letters containing information relative to the antiquities of the county of Kilkenny collected during the progress of the Ordnance Survey in 1839. Bray.