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Children's burial ground

Coonagh West, County Limerick, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Children's burial ground, Coonagh West, County Limerick, 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
Coonagh West
County
Limerick
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Childrens Burial Gd.
Latest-edition OS map
Infants Burial Gd (1938)
Coordinates
52.66316, -8.68598
SMR number
LI005-004----

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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)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1904 · Sheet 13. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

In small oblong-shaped green area situated between a farm laneway to SW and the driveway of a private dwelling to N. Depicted on the 1840 ed. OS 6-inch map as a rectangular-shaped area (approx. 17m WNW-ESE; 11m NNE-SSW) defined by a perforated line and named ‘Children’s Burial Gd.’. The depiction is slightly altered on the revised 1938 ed. OS 25-inch map where it is shown as a triangular-shaped area (approx. 18m NNE-SSW; 27m WNW-ESE) named ‘Infants’ Burial Ground’. Visible as a cropmark of a rectangular-shaped area long-axis ESE-WNW on Digital Globe orthophotos taken 2011-13 and Google Earth orthoimage taken 28/06/2006.

See attached Google Earth orthoimage 05/04/2006.

Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly

Date of upload: 22 June 2020

Nearby in the register

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

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