Overview
Church in Kilmainhamwood is recorded as Church in Meath. Situated on a S-facing slope of a NW-SE spur. Kilmainhamwood was a preceptory of the Knights Hospitallers of Kilmainham in Dublin, said to have been founded by the Prestons of Grangegorman, but there is no record of preceptors, so the manor may have been leased out from an early period (Hadcock 1964, 129
Foundation and growth
The saved account records: The Church of Ireland church was built in 1803 (Lewis 1837, 2, 170) on an old site, but this building is now removed without trace.
People and events
The saved account records: T 0.12m) with a representation of a man and a woman, dating to c. 1690 (King 1987, 294) in the graveyard.
Damage, loss and survival
The saved account records: At that time there was no rector, although there was a priest, but while a ruined castle is mentioned there is no reference to a church (White 1943, 110-1).
Why it mattered
Church in Kilmainhamwood matters because the source ties church to this exact landscape and preserves evidence that a bare map name loses. The saved account adds: Situated on a S-facing slope of a NW-SE spur.
History checked 15 August 2026 against the named sources below.
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