The HISTORIC GRAVES PROJECT

WWW.HISTORICGRAVES.IE

A COMMUNITY GENEALOGICAL TOURISM

COLLABORATION  

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Historic Graves

John TierneyTwitter

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Historic Graves

2http://historicgraves.com/project/historic-graveyards-south-east-cork

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Historic Graves are family names pinned in the landscape – representing hundreds of years of continuity and change

www.historicgraves.com

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http://goo.gl/K03RR

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Fort Carlisle

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Corkbeg

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Presbyterian Aghada

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Aghada Old

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St. Erasmus, Aghada

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Garranekinnefeake

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Conclusions

• People engage with– Puzzles– Work– Stories

– What started as an archaeological project has become multidisciplinary -because historic graveyard recording is not about stones- it is about people in place through time- Kith & Kin.

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