Graveyard

The National Monuments Service's description

At the base of a N-facing slope of Slievenamuck hill, in meadow. The church (TS067-056----) is orientated slightly NE-SW and is located parallel and close to the N wall of the graveyard. Both the church and graveyard are very overgrown. The rectangular graveyard (dims. 63m ENE-WSW; 45m NNW-SSE) is enclosed by an earthen bank (H 0.7m; Wth 2.2m) with an entrance in the S wall. The entrance consists of a gate between piers with a cement rendered wall running for 3m on either side. According to the OS letters in 1840, ‘There is a large graveyard attached but it is seldom used at present’ (O’Flanagan 1930, vol. 1, 14 (35)). There are only a few headstones evident, these are of 19th-century date, others may be obscured by the heavily overgrowth. There is a 20th-century Calvary Mount in the SW part of the graveyard.

Compiled by: Jean Farrelly

Date of upload: 12 December 2012

References

O'Flanagan, Rev. M. (Compiler) 1930 Letters containing information relative to the antiquities of the county of Tipperary collected during the progress of the Ordnance Survey in 1840. Bray.