Collegiate Church of Saint Mary

Youghal,
Cork,
Ireland

Coordinates: 51.955136, -7.853000

Summary
Graveyard Code: 
CO-SMCY
RMP/Site number: 
CO067-029004-
Townland: 
Youghal-lands
County: 

Description

Irregular shaped graveyard on steeply sloping ground inside north-western corner of town walls, contains medieval parish church of St Mary (CO067-02903-). St Mary’s Church was built c.1250 on the site of an earlier religious settlement. It was a collegiate church for much of its history. It has a cruciform plan with aisled nave and a square-plan tower to the north. The exposed roof trusses inside the nave are among the earliest roof timber preserved in Ireland. The unusual fortified bell tower (CO067-029015-) at St Marys is probably 15th century in date. In the early 17th century Boyle paid for a lot of improvement works at St Mary’s. Boyle’s own tomb, erected in 1620 by the architect Alexander Hillis of London, is one of many interesting memorials inside the church. Others include a late 13th century effigy; late 13th century head-slab of a man; early 14th century effigy (Thomas Paris) in a wall tomb; early 14th century effigy (Matheu le Mercer) in a canopy tomb.

It is interesting to compare this survey with a previous indexing available here http://members.iinet.net.au/~nickred/youghal/ and with the 1914 graveyard plan.

Graves

Photo Grave Name Surname
CO-SMCY-0701
CO-SMCY-0702
CO-SMCY-0703
CO-SMCY-0704
CO-SMCY-0705
CO-SMCY-0706
  • Ann?
  • Williams?
CO-SMCY-0707
  • Victor
  • John
  • Branson
  • Copithorne
CO-SMCY-0708
  • Neville William
  • Bridget Muriel
  • Synnott
  • Synnott
CO-SMCY-0709
  • Jack
  • Helen Margaret
  • Fenton Alexander
  • Stewart
CO-SMCY-0710
  • Thomas
  • Alexander Sheridan
CO-SMCY-0711
  • Bobby
  • Bickerdike
CO-SMCY-0712
  • Sara Mary
  • Annie Beatrice
  • William John
  • Verlin
  • Verlin
  • Verlin
CO-SMCY-0713
  • Charlotte Verbena
  • Perks
CO-SMCY-0714
  • Robert
  • Mary Phyllis
  • Billy Robert
  • Harvey Williams
  • Harvey Williams
  • Harvey Williams
CO-SMCY-0715
  • George Alexander
  • MacDonald
CO-SMCY-0716
  • William Hugh
  • Charles Hugh
  • Barton
  • Barton
CO-SMCY-0717
  • B
  • T
CO-SMCY-0718
CO-SMCY-0719
CO-SMCY-0720
CO-SMCY-0721
CO-SMCY-0722
CO-SMCY-0723
CO-SMCY-0724
CO-SMCY-0725

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