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Graveyard

Clonkeen (Barrington), County Limerick, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Graveyard, Clonkeen (Barrington), 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
Clonkeen (Barrington)
County
Limerick
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Grave Yard
Latest-edition OS map
Grave Yard (1923)
Coordinates
52.64376, -8.45984
SMR number
LI014-007002-

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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

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

Nearby in the register

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

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