Grave Yard

The parish church ruins of Currans (KE048-007----) stands in the townland of Ardcrone (An tArd Crón), in the parish of Currans, diocese of Ardfert, barony of Trughanacmy (Triúcha an Aicme). The 18th century church ruins stands in the N quadrant of a roughly square-shaped graveyard (dims. 43m N-Sx 49m E-W) enclosed by a post-1700 stone wall with entrance at N corner of E wall. In 1986 the Castleisland District Archaeological Survey described the ruins of Currans Church built in 1740 which consisted of a rectangular structure built rubble stone and roughly worked quoins aligned NE-SW standing in NE quadrant of graveyard (KE048-007001-) (SMR File). See attached plan of church and graveyard taken from Jacobsen 2009 Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 25 May 2022