A new website now documents the heritage of Templecurraheen (Kilcurfin) Graveyard at Carrigtwohill, bringing centuries of local history together in one place that anyone can visit from home. At its heart is a searchable burial register, cross-referenced with photographs of the individual graves so that families tracing their ancestors can see the stones for themselves. The painstaking work of gathering the names from every legible stone was carried out by Cora Finn, who recorded each inscription accompanied by her husband Mike, the caretaker of the graveyard. It was many hours of patient work that made the register possible. The website itself was built and developed by Aidan Dennehy, who brought the register, photographs and stories together into a single online resource.
Alongside the register you'll find a gallery of the graveyard through the seasons, and a growing Stories section that gathers the local history bound up with the place: the Collins brothers killed at the Tithe War massacre of Gortroe in 1834, the unmarked Famine plot at the back of the old graveyard, the Penal-Times story behind the burial of Catholic Priest Father John O'Neill of the Castle Lyons Carmelites, the Cotter family of Carhoo House, a rare Irish-language verse from an 18th century headstone, and a poem by Rob McDonnell on the graveyard itself. The site is the work of the volunteers who have helped re-vitalise Templecurraheen in recent years, and contributions of family memories, photographs and research are very welcome.
The Evening Echo published an article about this very important event from which some of the photographs were provided.
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Cllr Anthony Barry, Deputy County Mayor |
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Templecurraheen Glebe cemetery and church ruins are legally protected structures, and recorded as such by the National Monuments Service (CO075-015001 & 015002).