St Brigid's, Rosenallis

Laois,

Ireland

Coordinates: 53.136000, -7.407000

Summary

Graveyard Code:

LA-SBRN

RMP/Site number:

LA003-016005

Townland:

Rosenallis

County:

Laois

Description

The graveyard is on northside of village of Rosenallis.
Graveyard contains Church of Ireland church dedicated to St. Brigid, dated 1795, renovated 1830, extended c. 1865, renovated c. 1980. Marked on 1841 OS map as 'Church and Grave Yard' and on 1913 OS map as 'St Mary's Church and Grave Yard'. Possibly the site of a medieval church. No visible surface trace of possible earlier church.
Graveyard contains rows of flat on the ground grave markers; three were railed off; mostly in good condition.
Graveyard has rectangular shape measuring 35m north-south by 67m east-west; boundary stone wall intact. Access via gate. Concrete paths from gate to church, gravel surrounding flat grave stones. Ground surface is mainly even. Graveyard maintained; grass mown regularly.

Additional details

Extra code:

L108

RMP Classification:

Graveyard

National Inventory of Architectural Heritage code:

Reg. No. 12900102

Diocese (CoI):

Meath & Kildare

Oldest stone:

1801

Yes

Location of Register:

Representative Church Body Library

Location of Published Local References:

Laois County Library, Portlaoise, Co. Laois

Record of Monuments & Places (RMP), Archive Unit, National Monuments Service, DoEHLG, 51 St Stephen's Green, Dublin 2

http://www.archaeology.ie/ArchaeologicalSurveyofIreland/

National Inventory of Architectural Heritage (NIAH), Dun Sceine, Dublin 4
http://www.buildingsofireland.ie

Location of Inscriptions:

http://www.genealogylaois.com

Titles of Published Local References:

Sweetman, P.D., Alcock, O. & Moran, B. (1995) Archaeological inventory of County Laois. Dublin. Dublin Stationary Office, 88

O'Hanlon, J. Rev. & O'Leary, E. Rev. (1907) History of the Queen's County. Sealy, Bryers and Walker, vol 1 309-310

Record of Monuments & Places, Co. Laois compiled by Caimin O'Brien (2007)

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Data source:

Graveyards of Laois surveyed in 2011 by Barker Archaeological Services on behalf of Laois County Council with the support of the Heritage Council, see http://www.laois.ie/heritage for information

Survey documents

PDFs:

St Brigid's Rosenallis Contact Sheet

Project:

Laois Graveyards Survey

Grave	Name	Surname
LA-SBRN-0001
LA-SBRN-0002	John	Pagott
LA-SBRN-0003	Easter Elizabeth	Goff Nevill
LA-SBRN-0004	Mary Tomas	Cantrill Cantrill
LA-SBRN-0005	Margaret	Glean (nee Googhan)
LA-SBRN-0006	Daniel	Costirn
LA-SBRN-0007	Mary Josephine	Croasdaile
LA-SBRN-0008	Richard Thomas	Croasdaile Pigott
LA-SBRN-0009
LA-SBRN-0010	John	Croasdaile
LA-SBRN-0011
LA-SBRN-0012	Brearton Henry Letitia Catherine	Youell Youell Youell Youell
LA-SBRN-0013	William	Kennedy
LA-SBRN-0014
LA-SBRN-0015
LA-SBRN-0016	Elizabeth	Brumfield
LA-SBRN-0017	John Humpry Joseph	Brumfield Brumfield Brumfield
LA-SBRN-0018	Terence Daniel	Gilligan Gilligan
LA-SBRN-0019	Ames Margaret James	Gilligan Gilligan (nee Delany) Gilligan
LA-SBRN-0020
LA-SBRN-0021
LA-SBRN-0022
LA-SBRN-0023	Joseph Thomas Rice ???	Meredith Meredith Meredith Meredith
LA-SBRN-0024
LA-SBRN-0025

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