The church sits not at the edge of the burial ground, as so often happens when old buildings are absorbed into later landscapes, but precisely in the middle, the living congregation of graves arranged around it as though the building still commands some quiet authority over the place.

The site, recorded under the reference LI019-188001-, sits within a subrectangular enclosure measuring approximately 56 metres north to south and 34 metres east to west. The boundary wall dates to after 1700, which places it in the period following the upheavals of the seventeenth century, when many older ecclesiastical sites across Ireland were either abandoned or quietly reclaimed by local communities for continued use as burial grounds. The western entrance gate follows a pattern common to such enclosures, the west being a traditional orientation in Irish funerary practice. A modern extension to the north indicates that the site has remained in active use as a graveyard into recent times, layering centuries of burial practice onto what began as a medieval parish centre. The record was compiled by Caimin O'Brien and uploaded in July 2019 as part of the ongoing documentation of Irish archaeological monuments.

The site is in the barony of Shanid, a district of west County Limerick whose name most people will recognise from the old Desmond war cry rather than from any particular landmark. The graveyard itself is not a managed heritage attraction, so a visitor should expect an ordinary working burial ground rather than an interpreted site with signage or pathways. The medieval ruins at its centre reward a slow approach; the relationship between the old church walls and the post-1700 enclosure becomes clearer once you are inside the gate and can see how the stone boundary frames the earlier structure.