What is recorded here

Ecclesiastical enclosure in Swords Glebe: St. Colmcille's foundation, bounded by Brackenstown Road, Church Road, Rathbeale and the Ward river slope, with the western edge likely along a lost laneway now St Columba's Rise. The roads still curve around the shape of that older place. Houses and traffic have filled the gap, but the boundary remains written in the land.

The boundary of Swords Glebe together with the curving alignment of the Brackenstown Road, Church Road and Rathbeale indicate the original extent of the early monastic foundation associated with St. Colmcille. On the south side the steep slope down to the Ward river immediately south of the Brackenstown Road forms a natural boundary. Cartographic evidence suggests that the western enclosure was most likely aligned along a former laneway visible on the Ordnance Survey six inch maps, now St Columba's Rise housing estate. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Updated by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 08 January 2015

An ecclesiastical enclosure in Swords Glebe, likely dating to the early medieval period, is associated with the monastic foundation of St. Colmcille. Local tradition and historical context suggest it may have been part of a broader religious landscape linked to the saint, though specific folklore is not well documented.

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