The Shocking Reason Behind the Warning, cemetery in the wood

This Graveyard blew my mind, feels like a place you’d find vampires and Gouls.

A sign that says KEEP OUT but I still got inside. plus a very unusual find.

There is a 1622 headstone, the oldest I’ve found.

So, it is a parish in the barony of Idrone East, County Carlow. Besides, this place which is situated near the River Barrow was anciently the seat of the Kavanaghs, Kings of Leinster. The ancient territory of Idrone and Fort, also Glascarring in County Wexford, was granted by Strongbow to his brother Raymond le Gros. He in turn granted them to the Carew family. They owned estates at Dunleckney (caput of the barony) and at Techmullin (St. Mullins). A William Carew (d. 1213 A.D.) gave the advowson of Dunleckney with burgages there. And also at St. Mullins to the Nunnery of Graney in Co. Kildare before 1207 A.D. This Abbey, founded around 1200 A.D. by Walter de Riddelesword, was officially dissolved in 1583 A.D. And King Henry VIII granted the lands to Lord Leonard Grey, Marshall of Ireland
In fact, Gaelic monks founded a monastery nearby at Aghta in the 6th century (St. Fintan).

Moreover, in 1300 A.D. a preceptory of the Knights Templars was founded here. Continued only until 1308 A.D. when it was suppressed. A preceptory of the Knights Templars is purported to have existed at the nearby Ballymoon Castle (possibly they are one and the same).

Furthermore, in the wooded area, adjacent to the graveyard (west boundary) is a large mound. There are reasons to believe that this was the site of a Norman motte. A garrison of Knights, with squires and servants was located here in the late 12th-early 13th Century. The evidence for the motte and bailey is both historical and visually evident. An existing natural mound was used but reshaped to the new requirements, e.g. raising the overall height. Another factor in the choice of many sites was the presence of an existing church nearby. According to the Archeological Inventory of Co. Carlow, there are eight motte in the county, including Dunleckney and St. Mullins. The area around the motte is at present overgrown with dense woodland and undergrowth. A larger settlement was later established a short distance away to the west, coinciding with the grounds of Dunleckney Manor house and outbuildings.
The detached three-bay, single-cell Church of Ireland was built in the late eighteenth century. But abandoned in the mid-nineteenth century when service transferred to St. Mary`s Church, Bagenalstown. The walled enclosure adjoining the west wall of the church was a common feature of churches of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Reserved for the landowner`s family, it contains tombstones for members of the Bagenal and Newton families. Colonel Newton married into the Bagenal family. Walter Bagenal founded the nearby town of Bagenalstown in the 1700s. He had a vision of mirroring the city of Versailles in northern France. And built a grand courthouse and some public buildings. Shortly after, his efforts were frustrated by the re-routing of the coach road away from the town. His courthouse is now the town library.

So, according to local tradition, during the Penal Law period, the bell of this church was rung half an hour before Sunday mass. A large Church of Ireland parish in those days, it had a vicar and curate presiding. During the early 1990`s a violent storm blew down the belfry

The present remains consist of a rectangular structure which is probably medieval in date. In this church is a plaque to the memory of two eighteenth-century parish priests. It was erected by Fr. Michael Prendergast in 1810 and commemorates his uncle and grand-uncle both, like himself, priests of Dunleckney. This reveals a typical tradition of priesthood within Irish families. About the middle of the 18th century, Roman Catholic services were transferred to a timber church at Khnocknacorrah nearer the town, but still on Dunleckney estate. This church of the Penal Law period was in use for about 80 years, before the present parish of Bagenalstown was formed early in the 19th century, St Andrew’s Church became the parish church. This church was located next to a row of lime trees that still grow there.

There is also a private graveyard for the Bagenals, Newtons, and Veseys of Dunleckney Manor. This area, known as the Newton Plot, was originally outside of the boundary of the main graveyard. It became part of the main graveyard when the graveyard was extended along the south and west boundaries in 1846 A.D. approx. It is enclosed by a yew tree. The old road to Newtown passed along the west and north boundaries of the graveyard. The entrance to the graveyard is on the partial remains of this road

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The brick work is beautiful does say keep out on that sign but I doubt okay let’s just take a quick look hi guys and welcome back to the channel so today we are in Carlo just outside Carlo town and this is Don Ley old graveyard we have runs of a church we

Have a little wooded area and for all you old uh subscribers on this channel and I don’t mean by age um so if you’ve been subscribed to the channel for a number of years you might just recognize this place um this is the place where I

Found the oldest headstone um so we are going to try and find that again today if I can remember where it is and a beautiful little wooded area so come on let’s take a look and see what we can find [Applause] today so I think I’m going to walk

Up along here first behind the stair are the Runes of not one but two churches and um we have the the bagels and the new towns and they are actually buried in there there’s also a kind of a little part up here where we’re going to

Go to first um that used to be separated from the graveyard but when the graveyard had to be extended they’ve kind of added that piece into this graveyard so the bagels were wealthy land owners there’s actually a town here in Carlo bagel’s Town that’s named after

Them and the New Towns as well it’s quite prominent families land owners um they’re buried in there as well um look at this they are buried there as well and they were also a family kind of um land owners and also a village new town named after them as well now this

Is so beautiful look at this so just here we have Thomas Bolton 1902 there let’s see if we can get around and up so this may be the little area that was um I think formly outside the the graveyard so more of a a private uh little graveyard and then as

I said when they um had to extend the graveyard you know it became one unfortunately look at these as beautiful as it is that Ivy will eventually pull those stores down ah this is it look at this almost like um creepy Cemetery where you know you’re going to find vampires and Ghouls and

All sorts of strange creatures maybe even a leprechaun who knows so I think we have 1 2 three four uh crosses here this is Walter hope 1893 I believe actually it’s is the surname h o r e and this is another Walter 1902 um he was 47 when he died those are

Beautiful you can see the Celtic designs there on them the Celtic nuts but just look at this place it is wonderful look at this one until the day break and the shadow and the Shadows flee away just R there in loving remembrance of Phillip Jin new town so I’m presuming

This is the the little private burial area then that’s new town that we were talking about here also is New Town 1845 on this one Philip JN New Town 1830 I think that one may have lost the cross on top and this is Sir Charles Stanley osbor July the 16th 1879 aged

54 now it’s also said that the night Templars were close to this area there’s a seemingly a mestic site close by as well just look at this now I know it is overgrown and becoming forgotten but my God is a gorgeous wow Christopher eldest and beloved Son of

Robert and Marian Bradley he died in 1911 aged 50 also their daughter Elizabeth she was only 26 when she passed in 1889 their son William he was 44 in 1916 and at the above Robert 83 1920 his wife Maran is there is well in memory of Christopher Riley the

Faithful and attached servant to Philip J Newton Esquire and his family for more than 50 years he died on the 9th of March 1879 age 75 that’s beautiful Christopher then was the servant of Philip J Newton or Newton Esquire and uh they have recalled that there on the inscription which is

Fantastic and I actually love finding those inscriptions where it explains who they were and you know what they worked at so we will be making our way down towards the runes how beautiful is that area so the sry does go on up the hill up there

And you will notice that some of the graves or the headstones have numbers this one is 243 so I’m presuming there is a map or records associated with this graveyard large Celtic cross to the Beloved wife of James Barn Bengal town There’s the name of the town we discussed as

Well can’t really make out a date and then it says underneath like Patrick and Peter burn also I can’t make out the date it looks like 1930 does actually feel like we are very much isolated in this wooded area off in the distance I can hear the crws calling or squawking

Or right we’ll try to get up this hill without falling ooh look at that it’s like a blanket of Ivy over the top of it look at that off in the distance looks like someone is I don’t know making a treehouse a little Den we’ll have to have a a closer look

Yeah it’s [Applause] again again inside the graveyard oh wonder what’s going on there look there is know what I think it is is it for bikes or something do you know like a track seems to go off there like little ramps and things just up on that little Hill a bit

Strange look a a bike track going through the cemetery have to take a look at this see what was going on the cemeter is just here anyway now we know John Joseph Mera it looks like Bengal town and this one I want to try and get down along here might be easier than

Going back down that slope so you can hear the birds as I said and the crows are off in the distance there I’ve spotted this it’s a nice memorial directed by Mary mccraine or mcleen I think it is loving memory of her husband John yeah McLean it is who died December 1918 age

48 in a very beautiful little place there right so that’s the ruins of one church one church is obviously older than the other now if my memory serves me right I think that 1600 Stone was along here and my biggest fear is it’s gone I really hope not some of them are are

Leaning a lot of them full of Len some iron memorials just here oh my gosh I really hope it’s it’s not gone it was a small little headstone I’m just not seeing it sorry my nose is running with the cold I feel like in the video I wonder is this it

Nothing on that one oh dear right right I’m correct I stopped and looked at this and over here I just noticed the name Brian B R Y A an now unfortunately this one was very hard to read it says here light it the body of that could be Thomas actually see

Little s just there so it may I think that is Thomas Thomas b r y an Brian who departed November could be seventh there and just there it’s very hard to read now his 16 there’s a two and I believe it was 1622 so we have lost even more of this

Grave and eventually you can see it I’m not even going to to touch it that is going to crumble and you’re going to lose it but you see the 1616 the two there and I believe it was 1622 or maybe 16 27 but I think at the

Time I was able to trace the numbers and it was 16 to 22 there isn’t that amazing so that is the oldest headstone I have found we have found older Graves but that’s the oldest headstone um and unfortunately that is going to be lost but uh I’m glad I’ve

Been able to to get back and to to video it so let’s wander inside the ruins of this church now we do have a plaque up there as well and we have two graves here for the doy families and behind that that plaque actually is a doy as well that is I believe

1700s underneath lies the remains of marlin Doyle 1778 and her son Charles do is there as well 1785 now that one would have had lovely detailing so I’m thinking it’s probably the the crucifixion scene rooster pliers the ladder the cross the spear just barely making those things

Out there that’s the ladder the pliers the rooster is just there right so we have some stones in here this beautiful aesque is erected by Charles mcra in affectionate remembers sorry in affectionate remembrance of his beloved parents may the Lord have mercy on their souls then in here look at these These

Are fantastic runes just to right here light the body of James burn who died the 30th of July 1759 age 78 Lord have mercy on him amen and then just below that says also Mary burn wow look at that so this one has huge writing it’s a huge

Stone here layth the body of James blackney who departed this life the 20 21st of May 1742 age 60 also the body of Mary blackney wife of Walter blackney she departed this life the 24th of June 1754 age 32 these are black knees on this one as

Well and then this one this Monument was erected by the Reverend Michael Pendergraph P Pendergraph Parish priest of dley a. 1810 in memory of his uncle the Reverend Michael broy who departed this life February 1798 AG 63 also in memory of his Grand Uncle the Reverend Maliki broy doctor of

Sarbon it looks like and Parish priest of donney 1758 and there you are that 302 definitely they have um made some sort of effort in recording the stones who Li the body of Margaret Brown who deceased 17th of June 17 1717 there look at that 21st year of her age may she rest

In peace beautiful writing there for Margaret Brown only 21 when she passed in 177 she has a little crown of moss on her little Stone there so this section is for the mcgr the two little crosses this one in here has caught my eye because it says

Solicitor here lie the remains of John Joseph TIY Esquire solicitor so sometimes Esquire does actually mean solic sometimes it means they were a wealthy landowning family look at this one beautiful 1804 but unfortunately even with the torch we cannot read it and just behind the Obelisk we have

What is known as a tabletop tomb this one has much shorter legs than what we’re used to seeing so that brings us out of this Rune and we’re going to take a little look here those CWS noisy now look at this this would have been a fine

Church now when I put up the writing um you can pause it to read it in any of the videos that I put up the little bit of extra information that we might come across so if there is any time that you see writing on a video um if you can

Just pause the video to take a read of it rather than you know me putting up writing across the screen for a very long time now I believe this is the private burial area of the bagels torch is not going to be much use to us but you do see bagano

There there’s a catch a new town as well I wonder did the bagels and the New Towns you know marry at some stage don’t see a date I do see in the year of Our Lord but the the Moss which we might be able to remove easy enough

Looks like the first day of May in the year of Our Lord doesn’t give us a an actual year this one has private area joins on to the other Church Rune which obviously is I’d imagine early 1900s the brick work is beautiful does say keep out on that sign but I doubt

Okay let’s just take a quick look oh Lord would have been a huge church this would have possibly been a bell tower although it’s quite um low if you know what I mean usually they’re quite tall the the towers but I’m presuming it is it’s usually where you walk into the entrance

Wow in memory of Henry ETA Marie New Town the Beloved wife of Philip Joselyn who died at dle dle house it looks like December 1849 aged just 30 there’s another one there don’t know whether you’ll see it it’s for Walter New Town Esquire looks like 1862 right there

There but we’re not even going to attempt walking here because let me see there’s a hole there right there now there two possibilities one is it’s an underground Crypt whoo or another is it’s like underground plumbing like a a boiler place or something that is a bit wo jeap what is that

Lads let’s see if I can show you what is that like there’s a wall it assumi is in a little bit just there there’s a wall see that little piece of Muk just under that is a wall so what the heck is that that be an underground equp that is fascinating what is

It what is it right aners down in the comments there’s no way of me getting down to look at that cuz there’s no like Steps so if I get down I’m not getting back up am I I don’t know what that is so strange very very dangerous if you

Didn’t see that you’d be down about 4 foot but it seems to go like the hole is there but it seems to go in under so where I’m walking basically maybe I should get out there’s the whole ground caves in there’s that plaque on the wall for water

Newton I keep say new town but it’s Newton so apologies for that and then this is also Newton Henrietta right oh Jeepers I don’t have get myself into the worst positions look at the ivy it has completely reclaimed the old church here now let’s get out my close

Up the gate the way we found it so that’s it there all closed up have a been a beautiful arched entrance and here’s the sun I think that’s a Crypton not that because we found boiler kind of houses in or not houses but we’ve seen it underground and

It’s not like that it’s more of an open Square that’s small but this is the the graveyard you can see it’s it’s huge all right crows how strong noisy this is a lovely one as well this one is actually all an Irish um we have two angels on either side of this beautiful

Cross looks like poric McCarty has the name on it back of the the runes absolutely gorgeous look at the stone work like how is that even staying up you just would wonder and the whole graveyard is full of conifers or U trees um U trees being a very popular

Tree to grow in graveyards one The Roots don’t extend too far and seemingly cattle don’t like them so I think I will leave it there guys if you like this video don’t forget to subscribe it’s free please please please it’s so important to the channel um I’ve had to come back into this

Little wooded area just to take a final look at the place while the sun is coming through um like the video give it a thumbs up um as I said subscribe to the channel but for now guys take care God bless and I will talk to you all again soon