Survey Data
Reg No
14917027
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic, Historical, Social
Original Use
Graveyard/cemetery
In Use As
Graveyard/cemetery
Date
1850 - 1860
Coordinates
234960, 222557
Date Recorded
10/09/2004
Date Updated
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Description
Saint Catherine's Cemetery at Clonminch, opened in 1852, is bounded by random rubble wall with tooled capping and cast-iron gates. Varied grave markers and obelisk stone monuments and cast-iron railings throughout graveyard.
Appraisal
The date and importance of this graveyard is apparent by the large number of elaborately shaped grave markers and the fact that it is still used today. Inscription to stone plaque on wall reads: 'This plot was granted by the Earl of Charleville to the Rector and Church Wardens of the Parish of Tullamore as a graveyard and was solemnly opened for the burial of the dead on the 1st day of March A.D. 1852 by the Reverend Edward F. Berry Rector.'