Survey Data
Reg No
13705102
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic, Historical, Social
Original Use
Graveyard/cemetery
In Use As
Graveyard/cemetery
Date
1860 - 1880
Coordinates
305434, 307508
Date Recorded
10/08/2005
Date Updated
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Description
Enclosed convent burial ground, built c. 1870, with rubble stone limestone walls to three sides, cast-iron railings to south on rendered plinth. Statue niches, some empty, others containing statues of saints. Limestone Celtic cross at centre. Painted cast-iron crucifix form grave markers. Located in grounds of Convent of Mercy. Surrounded by ornamental gardens. Courtyard formed by school and convent buildings.
Appraisal
This convent graveyard was used from the late-nineteenth century until the 1930s. It forms a vital element in the grounds of the Convent of Mercy, representing one hundred-and-fifty years of the convent's history here. Of particular poignancy is the statue of Saint Patrick by the "Children of Saint Joseph's Orphanage" and the grave markers of the convent's founder S. R. Desales Vigne, both from the 1880s.