Survey of Kilreaghan Cemetery in Ferbane

Kilreaghan Cemetery maintenance committee is in the final stages of completing a grave survey. The survey is being carried out by Irish Graveyard Surveyors, Castlebar, Co Mayo, on the committee's behalf and funded by a grant from Offaly County Council.

The survey of the Ferbane cemetery is in draft stage at present and it is hoped to have it finalised by July with a detailed mapping of the graveyard showing each grave.

A completed survey sign of Kilreaghan graveyard will be erected in the car park and will be updated every three years.

Kilreaghan graveyard can also be viewed online on irishgraveyard.ie which will be updated regularly.

There are over 2,000 graves in the cemetery and the committee is aware of who is laid to rest in a majority of these.

There are a number of graves marked unknown on the map and the committee is looking for public help in identifying who is laid to rest there.

It is also looking for the names of family members where headstones may not have been updated.

The committee has placed a draft map of the graves on the noticeboard in the porch of The Church of the Immaculate Conception in Ferbane until June 18.

If you have any information you can take a card, write the number of the grave and who is laid to rest there and place it in the box provided. You can also ring Ann 087 9233410 or Rachel 087 9503791 for more information.

All corrections to the map and online will be carried in the final draft. The committee has also thanked people for keeping the graveyard tidy.

Volunteers are always welcome for grass cutting. Cemetery Sunday takes place this year on July 3 at 11am.