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Title: Kilnenor Cemetery
Post by: Kathleen123 on Monday 09 May 11 23:15 BST (UK)
Can anyone give me directions to the Kilnenor Cemetery near Gorey?  Is it a functioning cemetery that you can walk in to read the headstones? Thanks
Title: Re: Kilnenor Cemetery
Post by: culbaire on Tuesday 10 May 11 00:33 BST (UK)
According to Brian Cantwell's work, it is situated up a short lane about 1.5 miles to the west of Ballyfad on the Pallis road.
Title: Re: Kilnenor Cemetery
Post by: shanew147 on Tuesday 10 May 11 08:35 BST (UK)
There's a graveyeard marked on the OSI maps at about the right location - it's in the townland of Glebe about 2 km west of Ballyfad.

  Ballyfad to Glebe (http://www.google.ie/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=Ballyfad&daddr=glebe&hl=en&geocode=FR8tJQMdLlOg_ykBho9JwelnSDGSDscZqMcAJg%3BFdQZJQMdyOuf_ylDXg9npulnSDGi8rq6p8cAJg&mra=ls&sll=52.72201,-6.264975&sspn=0.105012,0.270882&ie=UTF8&ll=52.765852,-6.284609&spn=0.013399,0.036564&z=15)   (Google maps)

  Glebe burial ground (http://maps.osi.ie/publicviewer/#V1,714807,669413,6,3)   (OSI map)


Shane
Title: Re: Kilnenor Cemetery
Post by: Kath nee Greene on Tuesday 10 May 11 19:53 BST (UK)
There are some Kavanagh's buried there. Some are related to the Greene's of Knockgreany, Coolgreany and Ballyfad
Title: Re: Kilnenor Cemetery
Post by: sihuss on Thursday 12 May 11 19:15 BST (UK)
I was up there a month or 2 ago. 

Intriguing little cemetery.  NOT easy to find.

   near Ballyfad, Co. Wexford (http://maps.google.ie/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Ballyfad&aq=0&sll=53.401034,-8.307638&sspn=6.749513,21.643066&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Ballyfad,+County+Wexford&ll=52.763035,-6.299264&spn=0.003343,0.010568&t=h&z=17)   (google maps satellite view)   

If you follow the above google maps link, you'll see the location.  The cemetery is the irregularly shaped plot surrounded by trees - there's a stone with the cemetery name engraved on it at the bottom of the track.

Good luck!

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Title: Re: Kilnenor Cemetery
Post by: Kath nee Greene on Thursday 12 May 11 19:36 BST (UK)
Thank you for that. My 3rd Gt grandfather is buried there (Simon Creane/Greene of Knockgreany). He is also mentioned on the memorial stone put up in Coolgreany in 1998, memorial for the United Irishmen in 1798.  I am still trying to find out if he was arrested and executed along with his son Michael.  Do you know where I might find any details on those who were executed?
Thank you for the map
Best wishes
kath