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Graveyard

Knockkelly, County Tipperary South, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Graveyard, Knockkelly, County Tipperary South, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Knockkelly
County
Tipperary South
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Grave Yard
Latest-edition OS map
Grave Yard
Coordinates
52.50683, -7.65282
SMR number
TS062-096001-

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David 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)
  • 1882 · Ireland (southern half). (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1904 · Sheet 13. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

On a relatively flat break of a W-facing slope, in pastureland, with a farmyard immediately to the N. St James’ Well (TS062-089----) is located c. 180m to the N and there are two large ringforts (TS062-088----; TS062-097----) c. 260m to the NNE and c. 70m to the SSE respectively. Knockkelly castle (TS062-131001-) is clearly visible on a hill 1.6km to the SSW. The public road runs past the E wall of the graveyard. The church (TS062-096----) is in the centre of a roughly rectangular graveyard (dims. 51.5m E-W; 35.7m N-S) enclosed by a stone wall (H 1.1-1.4m). It is accessed via a gate in the E wall with a stile on either side. The headstones. which are within the church and clustered on slightly higher ground surrounding the church, date from the 18th to the 20th century, with a few recent burials, the latest dating to 2010. The earliest noted headstone is erected against the internal W gable of the church and dates to 1756. There are no headstones within the E wall of the graveyard, but according to local tradition this is where famine victims were buried in unmarked graves.

Compiled by: Jean Farrelly

Date of upload: 6 March 2012

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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