Level four students in Ballyhaunis Further Education Centre have undertaken the job of cataloguing the graveyard in The Friary.
A group of eight students with the aid of The Abbey Partnership and VEC teachers Karen Burke and Michelle Gavin made an inventory of those buried in the Friary graveyard. Their aim was to compile as far as possible a list of all known graves in this ancient cemetery before time ruthlessly eroded all the evidence.
Many of the overgrown slabs of concrete failed to yield their secrets. Some only partly legible, some so obliterated and weatherworn that they convey nothing definite as to locality, name, age, or date of demise.
All information is available in The Friary House c/o Stephen in the Family Resource Centre, 094 963 0031, Ballyhaunis Library 094 963 0161 or visit the newly developed website http://friaryburialgroundballyhaunis.yolasite.com
