Affane old church and Graveyard

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Affane old church
Detached three-bay double-height single-cell Board of First Fruits Church of Ireland church, built 1819, on a rectangular plan; single-bay three-stage tower to entrance (west) front on a square plan. Closed, ---. Now in ruins. Pitched roof now missing with no rainwater goods surviving on overgrown eaves. Part creeper or ivy-covered rendered battered walls with concealed cut- or hammered limestone flush quoins to corners; creeper- or ivy-covered rendered surface finish (tower) with lichen-spotted cut-limestone stringcourses including lichen-spotted cut-limestone stringcourse (bell stage) supporting battlemented parapets having lichen-spotted cut-limestone coping. Lancet window openings in pointed-arch recesses with cut-limestone sills, and red brick block-and-start surrounds having chamfered reveals with no fittings surviving. Pointed-arch window opening in pointed-arch recess (east) with cut-limestone sill, timber Y-mullions, and red brick block-and-start surround framing chicken wire over remains of fixed-pane fittings having quatrefoil glazing bars. Lancet window opening (tower) with cut-limestone sill, remains of timber Y-mullion, and concealed red brick block-and-start surround having chamfered reveals with remains of timber fitting having quatrefoil glazing bars. Quatrefoil blind openings (second stage). Pointed-arch openings in pointed-arch recesses (bell stage) with cut-limestone sills, and concealed red brick block-and-start surrounds having chamfered reveals framing remains of timber fittings. Interior including vestibule (west); full-height interior in ruins. Set in unkempt grounds with piers to perimeter having lichen-spotted cut-limestone shallow pyramidal capping supporting arrow head-detailed wrought iron double gates.
#history #death #grave

[@pamavery9352]

You both bring us to beautiful gravesites, God bless these old souls and thank you for bringing their lives to current memory! As if they are still alive by reading their gravestones. These are so old there are no living relatives to honor them. Thank you for respecting them and their final resting places! Blessings to you both, keep up the great work!🙋🏼‍♀️🇺🇸

[@GraveVisitations]

Thank you for watching

[@benbaker2965]

That was a fun one. Amazing crypts and gravestones, and lots of history. Some of those tombstones we're huge!👍

[@GraveVisitations]

Thanks for watching Ben

[@carondean2960]

Wow what a beautiful place . Can you just imagine the morning mist rolling through on a cold morning ! An enchanted place and lovely to see serenity Sue too. You could hear in your voice how much you liked this place . Thank you so much the both of you x

[@GraveVisitations]

Thank you Caron ❤️ it is a beautiful place

[@annfahy2589]

Beautiful graveyard❤

[@noreencarroll441]

Beautiful graveyard

[@GraveVisitations]

It is a beautiful place Noreen

[@rememberingthem1243]

What blows me away is when Sue steps past a headstone and seeing how big they are compared to her petite size. They would do a lot of damage if they fell on anyone. I enjoy both your videos, I don't comment much, but do want to say be safe and keep going.

[@GraveVisitations]

Remembering them thanks for watching, 🙏

[@peterredfern1174]

Individually or together you and serenity work wonders .Another great presentation mate.Inoticed skulls as well in the crypts ,the last one was just behind the blue bottle .May they all be resting in peace ,sorry for the lateness but the time difference is 11 hours,take care stay safe ,regards from ballarat in Oz,🇦🇺👏👏👏👏

[@GraveVisitations]

Thank you Peter for watching God bless

[@ScottSchroeder-hu7gy]

Thats where Chester Drawers was laid to rest. Couldn’t resist a pun. I love your vlogs. Endlessly fascinating and beautiful.

[@marybee7382]

Well done another amazing video beautiful place x

[@GraveVisitations]

Thanks x

[@Jerry-ok8gj]

You and Sue are my two favorite people! Great tour guys! 😊

[@neitajames6029]

👍💯❤👏👏👏. Interesting find guys. Thanks Irish eyes and Sue. Good to have sue along. She went off like she was on a mission. I'm all for looking in crypts any opening you have to look..some interesting finds guys.👍 take care and God Bless you both. Love,respect and positivity always. Neita james and family. 🙂👋.

[@GraveVisitations]

God bless Neita

[@lootsnuthouse9462]

Very peaceful place with the birds singing. Great Job you both!! God Bless!!

[@GraveVisitations]

Thank you 👍

[@ckstaff]

What really fascinates me is the old abandoned churches in these old graveyards just left to crumble. Very impressive constructed and imposing buildings.

[@MarkBrockman1956]

Cool to see you both together 🙂

[@GraveVisitations]

Thanks Mark

[@DeborahIsaacs-nx4dw]

The older the church adds more beauty and wonder of all those passed who were a part of it¹❤. Tha cemetary . Thanx for a beautiful video reading the stones and history❤😊

[@GraveVisitations]

One of my favourites this location

[@beverleymangan1740]

Well I thought I'd come back to this but you had me hooked I ended up watching it all what a magical place. It was like something of a film set. The sun shining through the trees all the ferns and moss. It seems to cover a large area. The Musgrove tomb was unusual with those headstones round the edge. The lead coffin at the front almost looked like it was bent/curved. Great video thanks for taking us along.

[@GraveVisitations]

Thanks Beverly ❤️ it was a great find especially the ship sunk by German torpedo

[@MarianneJ-v8l]

Over an hour of GV. Life is good. Thank you. Regards Marianne

[@GraveVisitations]

👍😁

[@mikekatras772]

What a great adventure I love the way you don’t give up Irish eyes love the mausoleum love the bones but it’s a shame that people had to desecrate their grave thanks again.🙏🏻🇺🇸👮🏻‍♂️

[@GraveVisitations]

Thanks Mike

[@earthmother1917]

That was like going down the Rabbit 🐰🐰 Hole in Alice and Wonderland. The grave yard seemed other worldly. Nature taking over the tombs. Thank you for taking me along for the walk!

[@GraveVisitations]

Thanks Sylvia ❤️

[@vivian2822]

That was wonderful. I was so excited. I love the crypts. Thank you. God bless. Be safe

[@GraveVisitations]

Thanks Vivian ❤️

[@lindaball6714]

Amazing graveyard. Really enjoyed full of finds!!!! Loved it

[@GraveVisitations]

Thanks Linda ❤️

[@tomkiely7274]

Tourin, not in Italy! Local parish! Musgrave local landlords? C of I and RC, I think. Greatrakes, historic figure. Visit Kilmolash nearby!

[@GraveVisitations]

Thanks Tom all the info is in discription under video 👍

[@annfahy2589]

I love finding ones ive missed& also love revisiting the old ones. You two do a grand job,bless youse💞

[@GraveVisitations]

Thanks Ann for watching your super ❤️

[@Amasod1]

This was a fun one. Good to see you and Sue working together. The IHS on headstones is Greek for Jesus. Stresses the individual in the presence of Jesus Christ. Looking forward to the next. ❤️🇺🇸

[@GraveVisitations]

👍

[@vivian2822]

I wonder what that meant. Thank you.

[@cherylpurdue888]

I really love the old grave stones😊

[@GraveVisitations]

@@cherylpurdue888 they are really beautiful

[@juliegrey5280]

Two great crypt finds! Great cemetery!

[@GraveVisitations]

Julie thanks

[@helenowens2303]

I really enjoyed watching this video, what a beautiful peaceful place

[@GraveVisitations]

Thanks Helen ❤️

[@phlamingophlox8492]

This was the find of a century! I love these overgrown cemeteries. There is one on Chincoteague Island, Virginia that I always loved visiting. There is also one in Idaho City, Idaho that unfortunately was almost entirely destroyed during a wildfire because most of the older grave markers were made of wood. Btw, you probably have been told this already, but in case you haven’t been, the ornament that resembles an urn on top of tombs is called a finial. My husband is an artist who frequently tops his urns with finials.

[@GraveVisitations]

Didn't know that thank you very interesting job he has

[@BarbaraK-n8m]

This video popped up today on U tube. I’m glad it did. You walked all through there. And of the ship that was sunk with the 2 women on by the German uboat. History brought back to life. Barb

[@markzirbes1245]

Thank you and Sue for sending me the link for this video it’s so beautiful and peaceful it’s amazing when you look into those crypts with the lead coffins a step back in time ❤so much

[@GraveVisitations]

Our pleasure! Thank you for watching

[@markzirbes1245]

@@GraveVisitations Your Welcome

[@Titch2021-love]

Tricia here again to see what you Guy's uncover today 😮, I'm new to GV and thought I was the only one on the planet with an interest in old gravestone ect. So I'm going to watch another hour of very interesting and important facts, of soul's lost or just forgotten 😢 we will never really know. I like to think that the oldest one's you read to us mortals out here, are left because there are no more serving members of that said family 😢I hope ❤. Much love as always from a damp Sunday here in Manchester, and off we go on another journey with you and Sue I hope I'm right with the name of course love from Tricia xx

[@ladysylvia4018]

I could listen to you speak for hours. You have such a wonderful accent! Is Waterford where the crystal is made? Andrew Carnagie has a huge Celtic cross in New York. He was an Irishmen who made a fortune in steel. He gave away millions to build libraries and help the poor.

[@GraveVisitations]

Hi lady Sylvia thank you ❤️ yes Waterford Crystal is in Waterford. I think carnagie Hall is named after him..

[@kathleenlynch5763]

I was too late to watch the live chat i just got in one message before you went off.i was decorating my guest bedroom then cooked my tea my neighbour phoned and time was gone.but ive just watched it and it was great .one of the most intresting ones i think but very beautifull it looks like the trees came down in a storm but its very sheltered.thanks for that Irish Eyes and Sue.take care 🌹🌹

[@GraveVisitations]

Better late than never Ka 👍 thanks for watching

[@maureenmarr4190]

Real good story Irish eyes great pic in video

[@GraveVisitations]

Thanks Maureen

[@LaurenFerrell885]

Beautiful celtic cross

[@GraveVisitations]

❤️

[@JulieJackson-o8d]

I remember the pathway up to where my dad is buried has a lot of chest tombs he died in 1965, I was only 5. One of them had slid slightly open and something was sticking out. My brother used to petrify me saying it was a finger. Im 64 now and it still makes me shiver when i go past. Mum used to say it's not the dead you need fear it's the ones that are living x

[@GraveVisitations]

@@JulieJackson-o8d fear the living she was right

[@marygarner5249]

Absolutely love your videos my favorite channel period 💟💟💟💟👍

[@GraveVisitations]

Thanks Mary ❤️

[@missmarple7639]

Thank you for this wonderful video😍

[@GraveVisitations]

😊❤️

[@pamavery9352]

Binge watching you and Sue’s videos!

[@caronmcdyer740]

Wow! Just Wow!

[@Blessings.429]

Is it bad to love the Irish accent, I think of it as almost romantic. Yes I m strange. Although I am Australian my heritage is English Scottish, with a wee touch of Irish.. lovely Graveyard thank you.

[@GraveVisitations]

Who doesn't love an Irish accent 😁🇮🇪

[@coral.AussieNana717]

Aussie 🇦🇺here also with English, Scottish and Irish heritage.

[@katep23]

Gorgeous, thank you. (Am busy catching up all the older videos from before I discovered your and Sue's channels, and subscribed!)

[@GraveVisitations]

Thanks Kate

[@shelaleon1879]

Hello to both of you💕 What a fantastic find, it's a beautiful graveyard and the overgrowth makes it even more beautiful. Looks like it should be in films. Thank you so much guys, you have done a terrific job.

[@GraveVisitations]

Thanks shela ❤️

[@carmenDeBonis]

That cross was absolutely beautiful.

[@sueh1771]

Amazing! Thank you!!

[@GraveVisitations]

Thanks sue ❤️

[@annlindsaywright3169]

Everyone is at rest in this place. No ghosts, no spirits just peace.

[@lonepretzel]

Glad to see sue with you. I've watched most all she has done.

[@DP-rx6zf]

You're the best you show great respect for everyone

[@GraveVisitations]

Thank you

[@Sandra-ok3dh]

Unbelievable history...absolutely love it

[@sarahprosek5201]

Very informative and interesting as always Thank you both.God Bless you both

[@JosephBenRobert]

What a beautiful graveyard and those tombstones with the art on them was so beautiful. There is a book that has been published on tombstone art and symbolism and the meaning behind them. I recently viewed a video on why graves are dug 6' deep and why when a family was wealthy enough to afford the railings around the grave. In ages past it was a very lucrative endeavor to dig up bodies of recently interred individuals to be sold to doctors doing medical studies on humans. That is until laws were enacted to forbid such practices.The railings and the 6' depth were to stop this practice. In studying my family history I found one of my ancestors was such a doctor as this who used cadavers to autopsy and published his findings on the circulation of blood in the body! Good golly!

[@GraveVisitations]

Wow that is interesting 😮

[@suepato74]

Awesome video.

[@GraveVisitations]

👍❤️

[@ValerieDee123]

Gorgeous tour Eyes and Sue!

[@GraveVisitations]

Thanks Valerie

[@ValerieDee123]

@@GraveVisitations You're welcome x

[@Liz_678]

This was great!!!! Thanks to both of you👍🏻. Loved the bottle and all….!

[@GraveVisitations]

Thanks liz for stopping by

[@annfahy2589]

Beautiful window

[@johncarroll9986]

incredible find indeed 👏🏼 🙌

[@GraveVisitations]

Thanks John 👍

[@ronaldpeter5019]

A very Old & Unique Cemetery

[@GraveVisitations]

👍

[@cathys7087]

Such a beautiful place, thanks for the tour 🪦

[@GraveVisitations]

👍

[@sharonowen]

I’m hooked on your channel now!! So interesting how did you start doing this? I love history and so much history in a graveyard . My very best friend is from Ireland Tipperary she is a catholic nun and has lived in Wales for a very long time I will have to show her your channel she will love it thank you for your knowledge best wishes from Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@GraveVisitations]

Hi Sharon all started with serenity sue first and then I got my camera out one day and the rest is history 😊 I love doing what I do ❤️ remembering these people 🙏 thank you so much please feel free to share my videos ❤️

[@nancynewhoff2223]

I have been doing research on my family heritage. I always knew I was Dutch/Irish, but recently found out how much and have names and burials places of some of my relatives back to the 1500's. I recently started watching your channel and love it. It would be interesting if you come across one of my relatives.

[@GraveVisitations]

Nancy welcome ❤️ if I do I'll be sure to help. What's the names?

[@nancynewhoff2223]

@@GraveVisitations My fifth great grandfather was Thomas Walsh born in 1770 and he was born and died in Ireland. My maiden name is Hollon. Other names are Cusick, Phillips and Haggard. Thank you.

[@nancynewhoff2223]

It has really been exciting doing all the research and learning more about my family heritage. A great way to start my retirement.

[@GraveVisitations]

I cover and serenity sue covers alot of Ireland so fingers crossed

[@susangreasby8741]

Done. Well.

[@annlindsaywright3169]

This is absolutely beautiful and has a sense of peace despite, or maybe because of how it is. Thank you for your channel.

[@sitiradziyah2159]

Raddy, ddy, this channel lk great, amazing, thank you this channel to share this info, frm me to respect this community members of seniors, this souls rest in peaces, seen this weather lk cool, brighter and quiet the location scenery lk wonderful, seen lk very4 seniors, to gv explore this community of members here cementery, bless stay safe, takecare and careful where ever gv enters this largest yard cementery, thank you this channel, good days.

[@GraveVisitations]

Much appreciated!

[@janicepounds9934]

That was amazing, gorgeous and magical. I loved this video!!!!! I don't know how you could leave. You did such a good job filming all of it. Wonderful crypt shots. I know that was tough to film. I am amazed by what you were able to capture. Thank you so much, I sure wish I could come across such a fabulous find. Great Job!!!!!

[@GraveVisitations]

Thank you Janice for the lovely comment ❤️ I really enjoyed doing this video

[@vixen_vexed]

Love your vids

[@GraveVisitations]

Thank you 👍

[@stasiacromie9584]

Love the. Videos

[@lizstevenson7801]

Thank you both so much, I did enjoy this amazing graveyard. This reminded me of what we all thought old graveyards would look like, and were not disapointed at all. It seemed like you were finding so many interesting things, history of many very wealthy families plus bones and a scull. You certainly picked a fantastic location hidden away in a natural woodland. The Graves family go way back to 1500's at least. Well done both of you, and blessings to you 💕🇦🇺

[@GraveVisitations]

Thanks liz we really enjoyed making the video and learning more about history ❤️

[@purplehaze5977]

Lovely old cemetery

[@GraveVisitations]

Thanks for watching Hazel

[@garsu1229]

This is so hauntingly Beautiful so happy you found this cemetery

[@GraveVisitations]

Thanks sue

[@karenmcroberts5592]

Love the history and the tour.

[@GraveVisitations]

Karen thanks for watching

[@Liz_678]

This was great! So interesting! Thanks to you both!

[@GraveVisitations]

🙏❤️

[@purplehaze5977]

Great cemetery thanks both

[@GraveVisitations]

❤️

[@suzieaustin.5905]

Hello to both 💞💞 of you.

[@GraveVisitations]

Hi suzie 👋🇮🇪❤️

[@marypoppins74100]

fascinating architecture... could be an inspiration for my drawings---:)

[@dawntaylor239]

New to your channel awesome job

[@GraveVisitations]

Welcome Dawn ❤️

[@helencheadle5285]

Hi guys! That was a hauntingly beautiful place, with so many graves to look at! You could have spent a couple of days looking round and still have a lot more to see! Esq is short for “Esquire”, a title used to convey That person had some respect and standing in the community. Hope that helps. Love to you both! Helen 🙋‍♀️😘🦋🙏

[@GraveVisitations]

Thank you Helen it was a pleasure to video this amazing old graveyard

[@purplehaze5977]

Wow 1682 amazing

[@GraveVisitations]

What was that Hazel? I'll have to look at it again

[@lakefromeshippingcompany]

Hi Sue and IE! Wow, that was an adventure and more! I didn't get a spooky vibe from that churchyard at all. Even the scattered bones in the dust seemed to be at peace. A Sir Anthony Musgrave was a colonial governor of South Australia. There's a mountain range named after him in the far north of the state. I wonder if he was related. Thanks for the video!

[@GraveVisitations]

Wow great to hear thanks lake Frome shipping company 👍

[@1spd7348]

Hello! I just fairly recently discovered your Channel and must say I love it! I thought that I had seen some fantastic cemeteries here in the States, but some of the ones that you have been in in the UK and especially Ireland are on mind-blowing level! And you're sneaking peaks inside the crypts when possible is intense! One thing I would like to suggest for your videos. When you are in the editing stages and inserting overlays such as adding text information or images, may I suggest that you leave the images and / or text up on the screen a little bit longer. I find that many times it's difficult to complete reading the text that you have added before the text disappears off the screen. I am a fairly good and comprehensive reader so it's not that I struggle reading but it's just that it seems that a lot of the times the text isn't up on the screen long enough to completely read before it drops. And the same with the images sometimes. If it's a very interesting image you sometimes want to study it for a moment but when it's there for only a few seconds that's not possible. This is just my observation and opinion, of course, and don't think I'm ragging on your videos because I'm not. Again, I love these videos you do, and I appreciate you doing them!! Keep up the great work! I'm starting to build quite a collection of yours and Serenity Sue's videos in my own playlists of Great Cemetery Adventures!

[@GraveVisitations]

Hi thank you for watching. If you pause the video you can read text better in your own time

[@1spd7348]

@@GraveVisitations Yeah, well, Duh!... I guess that always is another option!!

[@kathywebber8621]

Wow great video. What would have caused the floor to collapse? So sad. Ty both and many blessings. Kathy

[@annfahy2589]

The wood wouldve grown up around the cemetery. Great history there.💚

[@Titch2021-love]

That's a tib or fib bone 🤔 I'm sure that's big enough to hold up any person 😮, yes it's sad but a fact of life here on our planet earth 🌏. No it's never disrespectful to remember the dead, which will come to us all at some point in our lifetime. 😢 God Bless and thank God for people like you and Sue, who have given your time to remember all the lost soul's of our past. I hope they are all at rest now wherever we do go after our passing, love as always from Tricia xx ❤

[@annettedunphy4033]

Hi GV & Su, I’d like to tell you about Isaac & Anne Jacob who were Quakers & started the Jacob bakery here in Waterford. After Isaac died in 1839 his Sons William Beale & Robert Jacob took over. Many years later moved to Dublin. William passed away on the 5th of August 1902. Aged 77. William’s wife Hannah Hill Jacob passed away on the 29th of November 1906 aged 76.They are both buried side by side at the Quaker burial ground at Temple Hill Blackrock, Co. Dublin. I could not find Robert’s grave. Stay safe

[@GraveVisitations]

Thanks Annette for the information

[@paulhoye9680]

Nice big bush of cherry laurel..I love the scent of that..introduced in the 17 c. I believe.. I wonder do animals take some bones..fox's and the like..

[@GraveVisitations]

I don't know to be honest Paul but I saw alot of holes in the graveyard so I'd imagine lots of activity going on

[@brownie88ify]

wow, what a graveyard. What kind of trees are those with the branches that spread all around?

[@GraveVisitations]

No idea but they make the place look spooky

[@marierowe5969]

Wow

[@GraveVisitations]

👍❤️

[@silverjinglebobspur1]

Do you suppose that someone tried to rob from the crypt where the bones were seen. Amazing video.

[@GraveVisitations]

I wouldn't rule it out but I don't know to be honest. That old bottle inside crypt was intriguing tho.

[@sandramariesolander]

Please, PLEASE be careful of sinkholes, badgers, etc! Don't want you guys breaking an ankle, but honestly, enjoyed seeing the old church ruins and very old headstones-I would be hardly contained to go inside and risk getting beaned by falling masonry. The huge Celtic cross, magnificent! Wouldn't that church be absolutely creepy at night!

[@GraveVisitations]

Thanks Sandra we will be careful ❤️ thanks for watching again

[@jemuelwacnisen7345]

thank you sir for sharing this amazing tour. honestly we dont have anything like this in our place but, our uncestors mummified their desceased love ones in fetal position and put it under a cave. Try search Kabayan mummies. Its interesting... thank you again sir for the adventure.

[@GraveVisitations]

Thanks jemuel I will look it up sounds interesting

[@crimthann-fathach]

Esq is someone in line for the title of Sir. It [sir] can only be passed on to the eldest son. Sir Richard was a baronet, which gives the title of Sir. It is below a baron but above a night. It is still passed along the male line.

[@genepate9832]

If the marker is erected for several persons, are they all buried there? Seems like there might not be enough space.

[@GraveVisitations]

They all buried in the same plot side by side and top on top etc

[@jimmyhappysmith204]

I would like to see 👀 the Waterford Crystal 🔮 factory

[@garsu1229]

This was unbelievable to find all this and sad

[@GraveVisitations]

Hi sue it was a lovely place ❤️

[@annfahy2589]

Such a shame the church is in ruins😢

[@PeppieP]

Tourin is at County Weterfotd, Munster

[@GraveVisitations]

Yes Goldie information in discription under video 😊

[@JosephBenRobert]

Opps I had to ask this question... Irish Eyes why the word man on the front of your shirt? If I knew you better I would have a more comical comment but I will behave. Now remember I come from a Irish grandfather wh dyed his hair on St, Patrick's day so I am such a card as he was. Great video I would love to tour around that graveyard.

[@GraveVisitations]

Man is the name of clothing brand.. 😁

[@marypoppins74100]

Tourin is Torino in North Italy in Piedmont region

[@GraveVisitations]

Turin?

[@janetwood1507]

The correct address for a married lady with her husband still alive uses her husband's Christian name. She reverts to her own Christian name if she becomes a widow. This formality now seems to have died out generally, but people of my generation did used to use it. I am in my 80's. Great programme.

[@GraveVisitations]

Thanks Janet great to hear from you

[@annlindsaywright3169]

IHS is Latin shorthand for ‘In This Sign Conquer’.

[@jemuelwacnisen7345]

im so curious what is inside that hole

[@GraveVisitations]

Have a look 👍 all is revealed in video

[@jemuelwacnisen7345]

@@GraveVisitations thank you sir it' s all amazing

[@myriadhues457]

Something interesting about the fellow who was said to be able to heal by waving his hands over the body of the ailing. It sounds a bit like Rei Ki healing, though I doubt a 2500 yr old Japanese practice of spiritual healing made its way that far west in such an era as the witch hunts took place.