What is recorded here

Church (site of), Templeshane Burial Gd. is a graveyard in Borrisnafarney, County Tipperary, Ireland. It occupies a west facing slope near a ringfort to the east and a possible ringwork to the northeast. A church existed there from the early medieval period, although the Royal Visitation of 1615 found the place without a church or chancel. The site is now a nineteenth century graveyard enclosed by a modern wall, with no visible remains of the old church.

Situated on a W-facing slope of rising ground in a mountainous region with a nearby ringfort (TN028-021) to the E and a possible ringwork (TN022-058) to the NE. Stout assigns an early medieval date for the church (TN028-0200010 based on the Calendar of Ormond deeds which refers to the 'rectory of the church of Burgagenefarne' in 1364 (Stout 1984, 100; COD, vol. 2, 84). The Royal Visitation of 1615 described the place as being without a church or chancel (Murphy 1914, 220). Listed in the ecclesiastical taxation of the Diocese of Killaloe in 1302 (CDI, vol. 5, 302). The present remains consist of a nineteenth-century graveyard enclosed by modern wall with no visible remains of the church site. According to the OS Letters the graveyard was known locally as St John's church (O'Flanagan 1930, vol. 2, 84). Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien. Date of upload: 22 September 2008

Early medieval Christian burial ground, likely 7th to 10th century AD. Its association with a church site and proximity to defensive features suggest a religious and strategic significance in the local landscape.

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