Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Graveyard
Caherelly West, County Limerick, Ireland
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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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (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
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Bawnunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.