What is recorded here
Friary Grave Yd. holds the east gable of a late-medieval church and the foundation trace of its lost walls inside a rectangular burial ground. Poorly coursed limestone rubble still stands where a barrel-vaulted building joined the south nave wall, while a simple slit opening pierces the gable. The place may have begun as the abbey called Triogue, but it survived as an ordinary parish church and graveyard. Death, prayer and daily life overlapped there long before the name faded into ruin.
Unclassified monastic establishment (Gwynn & Hadcock 1988, 369) also called Triogue, probably an Abbey. Built with poorly coursed limestone rubble, remains consist of E gable of church (LA008-003-) with foundation level of its other walls and barrel-vaulted building attached to S wall of nave. Simple slit ope with glazing holes in E gable which apparently was 'trefoil headed' ogee headed (?) (JKAS 1904, Vol. IV, 194). Present remains are probably of a late-medieval parish church. (O'Hanlon and O'Leary 1981 Vol 1, 180; Vol II, 587; JKAS 1904, Vol IV, 194). Church located in N quadrant of rectangular shaped graveyard (int. dims. 81m N-S; 68m E-W).
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 17 December 2007
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- What survives
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