Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Graveyard
Carrick (fartullagh By.), County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carrick (fartullagh By.)
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Grave Yard
- Latest-edition OS map
- Grave Yd.
- Coordinates
- 53.45219, -7.36557
- SMR number
- WM026-083001-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Carrick graveyard situated in gently undulating pasture. Sub-triangular-shaped area (approx. dims. 50m N-S x 56m E-W) with Carrick church ruins (WM026-083----) standing in N quadrant, enclosed by post-1700 stone wall. Burial place of Fr. Timothy Shanley who died in 1835 located to E of church ruins now frequented by visitors who have left votive offerings over the grave. According to local information Fr. Thady Shanley, parish priest of Milltown and Meedin, was the last hunted priest in County Westmeath.
Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien.
Date of upload: 04 November 2019
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Field systemunder 1 mi
- Water mill - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.