Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Graveyard
Cloonard, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cloonard
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Grave Yard
- Latest-edition OS map
- Grave Yd.
- Coordinates
- 53.80657, -8.51487
- SMR number
- RO020-019002-
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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)
- 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated towards the top of the S-facing slope of a WNW-ESE ridge. A rectangular graveyard (dims 32m E-W; 28m N-S) which is defined by masonry walls which contains 19th and 20th century headstones at the site of church (RO020-019001-). Traditionally, this is the burial place of the Mac Dermot Gall (Mac Dermot 1996, 299). A plain latin cross (RO020-019004-) and a T-shaped cross (RO020-019005-) are in the graveyard.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
References
Mac Dermot, D. 1996 Mac Dermot of Moylurg: the story of a Connacht family. Manorhamilton. Drumlin.
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Crossunder 1 mi
- Crossunder 1 mi
- Architectural fragmentunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.