All Saints, Ballinakill

Laois,
Ireland

Coordinates: 52.876000, -7.308000

Summary
Graveyard Code: 
LA-ASBK
RMP/Site number: 
LA030-018004
Townland: 
Haywood Demense
County: 

Description

The graveyard is on northside of town of Ballinakill, adjacent to Catholic Church.
Graveyard contains Church of Ireland church of All Saints, dated 1821, renovated c. 1865. Possibly the site of an earlier 17th century church. No visible surface trace of possible earlier church.
Graveyard contains 19th to 20th century headstones , celtic style crosses, recumbent slabs and railed and table tombs; mostly in good condition, few leaning, collapsed or overgrown.
Graveyard has narrow rectangular shape; boundary stone wall intact; stone wall to roadside with railings c. 1.5m high, elsewhere walls c. 2.5m high. Access via gate (locked) from town. Gravel paths from gate to church. Ground surface is mainly even. Graveyard maintained; grass mown regularly.