Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burial ground
Inishlee Island, County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Inishlee Island
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.08199, -9.25346
- SMR number
- MA039-114002-
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1753 "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
On Inishlee island in Lough Conn.
This burial ground is not indicated on the 1838 and 1930 OS 6-inch maps, however, the 1838 OS Letters record that ‘On Inislee, Inis-Laogh –the Island of the Calves-, which lies in the north end of Lough Conn, it is said there was formerly a burial ground, which fell into disuse.’ (Flanagan 1927, 28 (12)). There may have been a church (MA039-114001-) associated with the burial ground, and Aldridge (1969, 86) records that it was used as a children's burial ground (MA039-114003-). It was not located during an inspection in 1996.
Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 13 March 2018
References
O'Flanagan, Rev. M. (Compiler) 1927 Letters containing information relative to the antiquities of the county of Mayo collected during the progress of the Ordnance Survey in 1838. Bray.
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.