County Longford Historical Society will host a lecture on children’s burial grounds known as cillíní, by Prof. Eileen Murphy in Teallach Íosa (The Family Centre), St Mel’s Road, Longford, on Thursday, 6 June at 7.30pm. The placename ‘Killeen’ usually signifies a children’s burial ground and generally it was reserved for those who were unbaptised.
Prof. Eileen Murphy lectures in archaeology in the School of Natural and Built Environment in Queen’s University Belfast. Her areas of expertise include burial practices; childhood in the past; children’s burial grounds; the archaeology of the Irish diaspora; and community archaeology. The lecture is open to all and admission is free.