Chapel in Barmeath, church in County Louth

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What is recorded here

The following description is derived from both the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986) and the 'Archaeological Survey of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1991). Nineteenth-century stonework in W doorway with armorial slab over, stating that it was built by Mary Dillon, relict of John Bellew, in 1697. Earlier doorway, blocked up, in W end of S wall appears to be of a late seventeenth-century date. Main fabric of the church may be as early as the sixteenth century. Int. dims. c. 8m E-W, c. 5m N-S. (CLAJ 1921, 31; CLAJ 1944, 283-4)

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LH018-036

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