Historic Graveyards Survey

  • Graveyard Survey

The Historic Graves project is a community focused grassroots heritage project. Local community groups are trained in low-cost, high-tech field survey of historic graveyards and recording of their own oral histories. 

The community volunteers build a multi-media online record of the historic graves in their own areas which unites to form a national resource. The project outlines a system and sequence which helps to co-ordinate and standardise an historic graveyard survey.

Community groups are trained to use digital cameras and smartphones to survey historic graveyards. Both new and old survey records are combined with locally recorded audio and video stories to form a multi media record of a graveyard.

By curating and publishing the survey records centrally the individual community graveyard surveys combine to form a national resource where the value of each survey is compounded by its association with others. The website allows visitors from Ireland and across the globe to freely explore and search the growing database of multimedia records and stories.

Throughout 2012 communities across the Ballyhoura region actively engaged in the surveying and recording of historic graves. For anyone searching family grave plots and would like to access this fantastic resource click here. Simply enter your family surname into the search box and it will locate all names in relevant graveyards for you.

The locations available on the Historic Graves website currently include Lough Gur, Grange, Knockainey, Milford, Dromina, Ballyorgan, Kilfinane, Kilbehenny, Caherconlish, Doon, Castleconnell and Murroe. To date, over 70 graveyards have been digitally surveyed online, and are free to view

For communities in the Ballyhoura area interested in graveyard survey, contact the Ballyhoura Tourism & Heritage officer.

Location
Kilfinane
Murroe
Castleconnell
Address

Ballyhoura Heritage & Environment
Ballyhoura Centre
Main Street, Kilfinane

Telephone
Email
More Info
Opening Hours

Ballyhoura Visitor Information Centre
Open 9am - 5pm, Mon - Fri

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