Graveyard

The National Monuments Service's description

Situated on flat pasture immediately N of the Murroe road (R506) with post-1700 cottage immediately to W and modern bungalow to E. Clonkeen church (LI014-007001-) and graveyard stands on the E townland boundary with Maddyboy. The E boundary of the graveyard forms this townland boundary. The field to the N of the graveyard formed part of the glebe belonging to Clonkeen Church. Depicted on 1840 ed. OS 6-inch map as a church forming N boundary of graveyard with glebe land immediately S of the Murroe Road and N of the church. Indicated on the 1923 OS 6-inch map as a sub-rectangular shaped area (approx. dims. 30m E-W by 45m N-S) with the ruins of Clonkeen Church (LI014-00701) 4m S of the N boundary wall.

Present remains consist of a sub-rectangular shaped graveyard entered from a gateway at S off the public road. The graveyard is enclosed by a post-1700 mortared stone wall and hedgerow, the stone boundary wall is only a few metres N and E of the church. The graveyard is still in use and most of the graves are oriented ESE-WNW, in line with Clonkeen Church. All memorials are located to S and W of church, none visible to E and N. The memorials date from the post-1700 to the present day, with a single box tomb of the O’Malley family dating from 1932 visible in E quadrant of graveyard.

Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien and Matt Kelleher

Date of upload: 6 July 2017