I believe Dan Murphy is referring to the place at Willowhill where my 1c2r cousin, John Mescall, is buried. I visited the site in 2000 with two Mescall cousins who told me the following story: "John was buried in the grounds of the ruins of Kilpatrick church at Willowhill after his request to be buried on the land in Kilpatrick from which he and his parents were evicted when he was a child." John was born ca 1884 in Kilpatrick and died on 7 May 1960. He was the son of Denis Mescall and Mary Looney. As Dan mentioned, you need a guide to find the graves; the place isn't on any tourist maps. There are two or three other graves there, but the area is not considered a cemetery. It is, or was in 2000, a working hay field. David Collins Hudson, MA, USA [email protected] wrote: >Today's Topics: > > 1. Old Burial Grounds ([email protected]) > 2. Pre- Famine Burial Practices (Gill Smith) > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: > [COUNTYCORK] Old Burial Grounds > From: > [email protected] > Date: > Tue, 17 Apr 2007 09:22:37 EDT > To: > [email protected] > >Good Morning Cork List: > > There is a Burial Ground in the middle of a large field in Minane Bridge >as well. I wanted to record every headstone on a visit there in 1999, but >since it had rained for three straight days, the field was waterlogged and >impossible to walk on. > > If anyone else would like to visit this Burial Ground, it is known to >the local farmers, as one took me to the gate and pointed to the burial ground >80 yards across the field. > > The burial ground is off a side road (right turn) on the way from >Carrigaline to Minane Bridge. > > If anyone visits and records the headstones, or has already done so, >please share that info. > > Good luck and thank you. > > Dan Murphy: Boston > > > > >