Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burial
Greaghnageeragh, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Greaghnageeragh
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.08268, -8.16562
- SMR number
- RO002-038----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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)
- 1922 · Ireland - northern section. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
On a shelf on the S-facing slope of Kilronan Mountain, and within a small copse of coniferous trees. Nine victims of the Great Famine (1845-48) who died on Kilronan Mountain were buried in a single plot in 1847. It was commemoarated in 1996 by a shale stone (dims. 1.3m x 0.32m; T 0.1m) with a simple inscription laid on a stone plinth (dims. 2.3m NW-SE; 0.9m NE-SW; H 0-0.5m). Mass is celebrated annually in September on a stone altar (dims. 1m x 0.7-1m; H 0.8m) nearby.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
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