Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Graveyard
Kilmurry, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilmurry
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Burial Gd.
- Coordinates
- 53.77965, -8.37802
- SMR number
- RO021-064002-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid 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)
- 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)
This record in the National Monuments Service's Historic Environment Viewer ↗
The National Monuments Service's description
Situated on a low hillock. A mortuary chapel to the W of what was probably a Catholic chapel (RO021-064001-) was built in 1865 for the Irwin family of Rathmoyle, and conserved in the 1990s (Mannion 1998). It, and the church (RO021-064001-) are within a rectangular graveyard (dims c. 70m E-W; c. 60m N-S) defined by masonry walls.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
References
Mannion, L. 1998 The restoration of Rathmoyle ancient cemetery. Journal of the Roscommon Historical and Archaeological Society 7, 143-5.
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Architectural fragmentunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Barrow - embanked barrowunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.