Church (Site of)

Situated on the W bank of the King's Channel, a loop in the River Suir. It is listed as Ballymakill and valued at 4.5 marks in the ecclesiastical taxation of 1302. The parish church of Ballynakill was described as having a ruinous chancel in 1615 (Anon. 1902, 112). By 1841 nothing survived except a small graveyard of the Dobbyns family (O'Flanagan 1929, 3), which still survives as a rectangular enclosure (dims. c . 10m x 10m), defined by masonry walls, some of which are from the church and incorporate a stoup. It is adjacent to Ballynakill tower house site (WA010-006001-). (Grogan 2005) Anon. (1902) Documents illustrating the history of Waterford: 1 - The Protestant diocese of Waterford in 1615. WAJ 8, 103-19. Grogan, P. (2005) An old Waterford graveyard and the Dobbyns of Ballynakill. Decies, No. 61, 167-191. O'Flanagan, M. (Compiler) (1929) Letters containing information relative to the antiquities of the county of Waterford collected during the progress of the Ordnance Survey in 1841. Typescript. Bray. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Waterford' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 06 December 2010 Compiled by: Michael Moore