Survey Data
Reg No
15703802
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Artistic, Historical, Social
Original Use
Graveyard/cemetery
In Use As
Graveyard/cemetery
Date
1760 - 1926
Coordinates
306573, 124138
Date Recorded
21/01/2008
Date Updated
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Description
Graveyard with collection of lichen-spotted markers, ob. 1760-1926. Set in unkempt grounds on a slightly elevated site with limewashed piers to perimeter having creeper- or ivy-covered capping supporting wrought iron gate.
Appraisal
A graveyard representing an important component of the ecclesiastical heritage of County Wexford [SMR WX038-006002-] with a collection of markers signed by Dennis Cullen (----) of Monaseed; and James Byrne (----) of Clone exemplifying the Irish Churchyard Sculpture tradition in County Wexford (Longfield 1974, 10): meanwhile, a commemorative plaque records the unmarked burial place of Esmonde Kyan (1750-98), 'Commander of Artillery [of] the Northern Army of the Wexford Republic June 1798'.