"Rossory Cemetery Looking Southwards"

Date

1875

Artist/Maker

Wakeman, William
Oldham,William.

Place

[Old Rossorry Graveyard, Co. Fermanagh]

Technique

Engraved

Dimensions

Height: 8cm
Width: 9cm

Caption

Rossorry Cemetery looking south, drawn by William Wakeman; engraved by William Oldham for publication in John O'Hanlon's "Lives of the Irish Saints". The early history of Old Rossorry Graveyard is associated with St Fanchea. The Annals of Ulster for 1084/1085 recorded that: ‘the church of Saint Fuinche at Rosoirrther was founded’.

Object number

FCM_1986_140