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Graveyard

Ballylarkin Upper, County Kilkenny, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Graveyard, Ballylarkin Upper, 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
Ballylarkin Upper
County
Kilkenny
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.72287, -7.42757
SMR number
KK013-018002-

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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)
  • 1868 · 4. 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 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.

Nearby in the register

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

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