kenmare

At least they were marked, unlike the children’s graveyard in an industrial school or cess pit of a mothers and child home

About 150m South West from Kenmare Stone Circle there is "Killeen Burial Ground (disused)" marked on the 25" map. I wonder if this is the place ?

"... Dotted across the countryside around us, and throughout Ireland, are the loneliest places on earth. These are the cillíní – the children’s graveyards. A cill (kill) is a monk’s cell or church site, cillín (killeen) is the diminutive and cillíní (killeenee) is the plural: small churches. Ironically, the cillíní despite their names were usually non-church sites. They were burial grounds reserved for unbaptised children (those who died before they could be baptised or were perhaps born out of wedlock), pregnant women (because they were carrying unbaptised children), unrepentant murderers, suicides, shipwreck victims and strangers – anyone, in short, who was not ‘saved’ or whose baptismal status was ambiguous or unknown. They were used into the twentieth century. ... ..."
From - roaringwaterjournal.com/2013/10/27/unknown-souls/

The days when limbo wasn't just a dance.

beachcomber australia I hope that is the place. It's good to think of the little graveyard being so close to a stone circle.

beachcomber australia This likely the correct place, on the bank of the River Finnihy (note spelling) as Killeen is derived from Cellini as you said.
“It appears that it has taken many years for Ireland to be no longer ashamed of Cillín, possibly facilitated and assisted by the passing of time since 1994 when the Catholic Church lifted the prohibition on unbaptised being buried in consecrated ground

The Schools Collection of the National Folklore Collection has many references to ‘Cillín’ and ‘Killeen’ which hopefully I will study in the coming weeks. The Irish Examiner noted in 2014 of some Cillíní being brought back and recognised by the community. It is reported that there are 1,444 Cillíní on the island of Ireland – my expectation would have been a significantly greater number”

readingthesigns.weebly.com/blog/remembering-the-cillini-t...

audioboom.com/posts/7934798-kenmare-history-and-survival-...

“ Listen to author Colum Kenny in conversation with History Ireland editor, Tommy Graham, as he discusses the story of a remarkable man’s efforts to help starving people during the Irish Great Famine. He reveals their terrible experiences inside and outside one of the national ‘workhouses’ and throws new light on the relationship between class, religion and poverty in Ireland before independence.

John O’Sullivan (1807-1874) was an independent-minded priest who clashed with bishops and landlords. He kept journals that have not been published. The author mines these and other sources, including eyewitness accounts, UK archives and Kerry’s workhouse minutes, for new insights into aspects of Irish society, including politics, proselytism and the status of women.”

Via Trove, Father O'Sullivan speaking out about Landlordism in 1850 (possibly 1849) -
trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/251540021?searchTerm=f...

In August 1849 there was "The Battle of The Priests", which featured "the Rev. Mr. Sullivan, P.P.". I'm not sure if he was the same fellow as in the photo, or what on earth was going on.
Neverthelessless -
trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/38446099?searchTerm=fa...

I wasn't expecting this, reported widely in December 1850.

The Rev. John O'Sullivan, P.P., tenant on the Marquis of Lansdowne's property in the union of Kenmare, has been awarded fur the best three acres of Swedes £2.

I assume it meant swedes.

John Spooner Are you reviving an old argument? 😀

Not so pretty today: goo.gl/maps/BD26HtLCGqAdFhjb9

Archiseek says it was built in 1841, Ireland’s first suspension bridge, and demolished in 1932.

A couple more views from the right, which seems to have been the more usual angle (?)...

What a beautiful photo and bridge. Too bad, it was demolished.

I think the new bridge is quite a spectacle - via David Ortega Baglietto