County Graveyard Inventory Name of Fieldworker & Date of Audit Jimmy Lennon. June 2005 Name of Graveyard Dedication Townland The Hill. Granard Town Parish Granard Diocese , Elphin & Kilmore (C of I) and Ardagh & Clonmacnoise (RC) Nearest National Primary National R194 Secondary or . Current Status Open Denomination Mainly C of I some RC burials Place of Worship Saint Patrick’s Church of . Pattern Day No Owner C of I Description of Graveyard Unplanned layout. . Flat and standing memorials and boxed tombs Number of inscribed memorials 90 Date of oldest inscription Robert Beatty, Springtown, 1754. Date of latest inscription Myrtle Elizabeth Bogan, Coolarty, 1997. Access Private. Access Form Tar Gateways & Stiles 3 gateways; one narrow wrought iron gate opening on to Granardkille Rd. 2 larger iron gates on main entrance to church. Wheelchair Access To church only Parking Space Limited Pathways Pathways to church only, no gravel or tar pathways through Graveyard. Boundary Type High stonewall. Boundary condition Well maintained Terrain Mixed Growth of vegetation Some sections overgrown. Mature yew trees Overall condition Very good Historical Ruins or Artefacts Church and some grave memorials of historical interest. Directional Signage and its condition None Information Panels and their condition None Signs of vandalism Windows broken occasionally Recorded in Irish Church Temporalities No. Commission Report for Period 1869- 80 RMP Number LFO10-05501. Church & Graveyard Possible RPS Number Not Listed Caretaker & contact number Mr. William Bennett, Ardagullion.

1 . 043-86084 Graveyard Committee & contact number Mrs. Heather Noble, Coolarty. 043- 71281 Clergy & contact number Rev. Janet Catterall. 043-46442 Burial registers & their location and dates Mr. H. Poyntz, Coolarty. 043 –71055 & RCb Library, . 01 4923979 Published references & location Granard Its History, Our Heritage. Joy Burns & Bernadette Grier

Saint Patrick’s Church of Ireland, Granard. By R.W. Stafford {1983} Local Studies Section Longford Library Headquarters. Memorial inscription documentation Church of Ireland memorials only Location of transcripts Granard Area Action Group Offices. Main St. Granard

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