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Graveyard

Caherelly West, County Limerick, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Graveyard, Caherelly 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
Caherelly West
County
Limerick
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Grave Yard
Latest-edition OS map
Grave Yard (1928)
Coordinates
52.54482, -8.49933
SMR number
LI023-085002-

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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 low rise of ground with chancel ruins (LI023-085001-) in NE corner and Caherelly Castle (LI023-083----) 300m to W. Sub-rectangular shaped area (dims. 23.7m N-S; 35.8m E-W) defined by rubble stone wall (T 0.5m; int. H 1.0m; ext. H 0.95m) of post-1700 date. Entrance (Wth 2m) in centre of E-wall is badly damaged and removed to N-side. Small gabled mortuary building (5.5m N-S; 6m E-W) of post-1700 date in SE corner pre-dates graveyard wall. 19th century vaulted tomb of the Wilkinson family occupies NW quadrant. Nineteenth and twentieth century gravestones evenly distributed around graveyard; earliest is 1795 (Ryan) in S-side. Recent interments 1985 (Hayes), 2003 and 2005 (McElligott) in S-side. New graveyard adjacent to S in use since mid-1990's. Architectural fragments of church scattered throughout the graveyard, impossible to make out outline of nave of the church due to the concentration of post-1700 memorials in W quadrant.

Compiled by: Alison McQueen & Vera Rahilly

Revised by: Caimin O'Brien

Date of revised upload: 28 September 2018

Nearby in the register

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

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