Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Graveyard
Athlone, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Athlone
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Grave yd.
- Latest-edition OS map
- Outlined
- Coordinates
- 53.42360, -7.93777
- SMR number
- WM029-042022-
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
Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
This record in the National Monuments Service's Historic Environment Viewer ↗
The National Monuments Service's description
The graveyard belonging to the medieval St. Mary's parish church (WM029-042021-) of Athlone is today enclosed by a stone wall of uncertain date. The E section of the wall incorporates part of the 17th century town wall of Athlone which was adjacent to the east gate of the town. In 1578 a 21 year lease granted to Edmund O Fallon a merchant of Athlone, included the ‘castle in Athlone called the east gate [Dublin Gate], near the church yard of the parish church (WM029-042021-), and a parcel of land adjoining the said castle, lying in breadth from the east towards the market place of the town 60 feet [18m], and in length towards the Shynnyn 200 feet [61m]’ (Nicholls 1994, 467). A 19th century C of I church (WM029-042023-) stands in the centre of the graveyard with memorials mainly dating from the 18th-19th centuries located in S and E quadrant of the graveyard. The graveyard was closed for burials in 1871 (Murtagh 1994, 10).
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 29 November 2013
References
Nicholls, K.W. (ed.) 1994 The Irish fiants of the Tudor sovereigns during the reigns of Henry VIII, Edward VI, Philip & Mary, and Elizabeth I, 4 vols. Dublin. Éamonn de Búrca for Edmund Burke Publisher.
Murtagh, H. (ed.) 1994 Athlone. Irish Historic Towns Atlas, No. 6. Dublin. Royal Irish Academy.
Nearby in the register
- Graveslabunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Memorial stoneunder 1 mi
- Wall monumentunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.