Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Graveyard
Ballymakenny, County Louth, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballymakenny
- County
- Louth
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Grave Yard
- Coordinates
- 53.76335, -6.34416
- SMR number
- LH021-038002-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1636 "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Rectangular graveyard (map dims. c. 60m E-W; c. 50m N-S) with present church, which is on site of earlier church (LH021-038001-), just W of centre. Most of the burials are in the raised area S of the church and there are at least six dating to the 18th century. References to a tombstone in memory of Christopher Chever and dated 1687 in graveyard (IFC Schools' Mss 678, 143) however this was apparently removed when the protestant church was built (IFC Schools' Mss 678, 195)
Compiled by: Claire Breen
Date of upload: 17 July 2012
References
IFC Schools' MSS: Irish Folklore Commission Schools' Manuscripts. Department of Folklore. University College, Dublin.
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Stone headunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.