Castletown Graveyard Donacavey County Tyrone - Rebecca Graham

Castletown townland is located on north side of the town of Fintona which is in Donacavey civil parish, historic maps going back to the early 1800s shows a church and graveyard to the east of Church Street in the town. Google maps and streetview show a church in ruins with an attached graveyard at the same location.

I have attached  a couple of pages about Fintona taken from the Ordnance Survey memoirs written in 1835. They describe the church as it was then. It appears to have been Church of Ireland (Episcopalian) but the graveyard would have been open to all denominations so it doesn’t follow that folk buried there attended that church. (Many denominations eg Methodist, Presbyterians, Baptists etc often didn’t have their own graveyards and used the Church of Ireland).

The older maps dont give names (i.e. Saint's) for churches, but the 1st edition OS map (c1840s) shows it as 'Church', indicating that it's Established Church/Church of Ireland. Later maps do sometimes give names, but this church is just shown as 'in ruins' by that time.

The entry in Lewis' 1837 for the parish of Donacavey/Donaghcavey (Findonagh)- describes the church as follows : "...The church adjoins the town of Fintona, and was built after the civil war of 1641, during which the old one was destroyed; it is a large and venerable edifice, with a modern square tower, which was erected and the church much improved by aid of a loan of £400......" - the description of the tower seems a good match to the ruins

I would think the best way to refer to this church and graveyard would be Doncavey Old Church of Ireland//Graveyard, or Fintona Old Church of Ireland - there's probably a 'new' church for the parish somewhere nearby. PRONI Records guide lists the parish as 'C.I. Donacavey or Fintona (Clogher diocese).

added : the 'New' Church of Ireland (with a graveyard) for the town/parish seems to be located off Ecclesville Rd to the south east of the town.