Last Wednesday evening saw a group of local people, members of CAHCS & friends, gather at Castletownkinneigh church & graveyard. Chairman Colum Cronin outlined the general framework of the project ahead; to document & record details of each grave & headstone in the adjoining cemetery. Fr Tom Hayes, who has been coordinating a parish-wide effort [...]
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Castletownkinneigh Graveyard Survey. Meeting Wed. May 1st 7.30pm at Church in village
It is hoped that eventually all graveyards in Enniskeane Parish will be surveyed in order to gather as much information as possible on every gravestone & everyone who has been buried here. Castletownkinneigh cemetery has around 160 grave enclosures & CAHCS are presently surveying & documenting details of all graves. Along with the gravestone text, it [...]
An Excellent Resource for finding Archaeological Sites Nationwide
I came across a post by irisharchaeology.ie listing some exciting online tools for those interested in archaeology or indeed local sites in their area. The National Monuments Map Viewer plots out practically all sites nationwide and is extremely useful for getting precise locations of such sites through the OSI Mapping and Aerial Photography system. Below [...]