Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Graveyard
Kilballykeefe, County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilballykeefe
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Grave Yd.
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.60249, -7.37712
- SMR number
- KK022-015002-
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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)
- 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1882 · Ireland (southern half). (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
On a W-facing slope with good views from W-N-NE. A medieval church (KK022-015001-) is located in the NE portion of a roughly D-shaped raised graveyard (dims c. 30m E-W x c. 20m N-S) which is enclosed by a stone wall. A public road runs NW-SE along the SW edge of the graveyard. The graveyard is entered via a gate from the roadside, having ascended four steps which project out of the boundary wall. According to Holahan (1893, 87), ‘Some interments are still made here’ and this is can be seen in the headstones which predominantly date from the 18th and 19th century. There are some uninscribed grave-makers in an area SW of the church.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 21 May 2021
References
Holahan, Rev. J. 1883 Notes on the antiquities of the united parishes of Ballycallan, Kilmanagh and Killaloe. Transactions of the Ossory Archaeological Society 3, part 1, 81-122.
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Bawnunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.