This graveyard is in the townland of Dunnaman, in the parish of Croom (Or recently moved to Adare?) and in the barony of Coshma. The townland lies west of the village of Croom and the N20, South east of the village of Adare, and east of the R519.
Dunnaman translates in Irish to Dun na mBeann, (www.logainm.ie). Dun means fort and ‘binn’, ‘beann’ and ‘na mbeann’ means ‘peak’, ‘cliff’ ‘point’, ie. ‘The Fort of the Points’.