I transcribed some of this graveyard last year, cleaning stones as I went along in order to be able to read them. It's an old graveyard in lovely condition the only problem is that it is very exposed to the weather. Lots and lots of lichens proving how good and clean our air is down in Laois :-) I haven't had time to go back and finish my transcribing, but this year we did a quick dash out there one day and I brought my camera. All the stones I cleaned last year looked as though they'd never been cleaned and it began raining so I couldn't even re-do any for photographing. I did take photos of the stones which were legible. Not many really. I have photos of the church as it stands now, the NE angle of the medieval building, lots of stones covered in lichens and then some with the following surnames: Kenny Neill Clancy McEvoy Maher McCormick Mahony Bracken/Whelan. ------------------------ Also, for those interested the following is extracted from the Laois Archaeological Survey Publication: Aughmacart Graveyard Clarmallagh Barony; Aghmacart Parish; Abbeyleix Poor Law Union/Registration District. Notes from Laois Archaeological Survey: OS 34:8:1 (760,380) 'Castle and priory (in Ruins), Grave yard' OD 300-400 23308,17450 A monastery is said to have been founded here in 550 (Carrgan, 1905, vol. 2, 235). Records indicate that it was burnt in 1156 and that an Augustinian priory was established before 1168 by MacGillapatrick, Lord of Ossory (Gwynn and Hadcock, 1970, 156). Only the NE angle of a medieval building (dims 10.4m E-W, 7.2m N-S, wall T 1m.) with a base-batter and built of limestone blocks survives. A modern building is attached to it. Pieces of masonry and architectural fragments are visible just N of the Protestant church which lies to SSW. A burial vault to the SE is possibly of seveteenth origin (Carrigan 1905, vol. 2, 239) but has been modernised. Originally a gateway to the priory was situated to NW and a well to SW (ibid) The church tower depicted by Grose (ibid., 236) appears to have been misconstrued as a castle, and was thus recorded on OS maps. 34:19 (03) 8-10-1990 --------------------------------------- Jane