Location: 6 miles east of Ballycastle, Co. Mayo
GPS reference: 54.273256 N, 9.275229 W
Number of headstones: 80+ (only a fraction of graves have headstones)
Date range: 1800 to 1960 (observed)
Recorded: all headstones photographed September 2009
Plan of graveyard
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The old Lacken church ruins
alongside the graveyard
Lacken (Old) Graveyard Headstones
Family History in Ballycastle & N. E. County Mayo, Ireland
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The old Lacken graveyard is situated a few hundred yards up the hill from the new cemetery, alongside the ruins of an old church. A plaque at the entrance shows a plan of the graveyard with the family names where they are known. However, most graves have no headstones, or they are too weathered to be legible