What is recorded here

Inch East holds a graveyard where a perforated sandstone block still carries carved mouldings from a thirteenth-century church. The stones may have formed a font for baptisms, while unnamed people walked beside them in rain or festival. That much is preserved; the rest belongs to imagination.

Inch Church/Teampall Inse: The 'Eccia de Inse' which appears on the Papal Taxation List (1302-7) for the diocese of Ardfert (Cal Docs Ire, V, 297) may refer to a 13th century church here or to a foundation on the Great Blasket Island (KE051-002002-) (Hickson 1886, 488). It has also been suggested that the church called 'Baliederscolle' (987) in the taxation was located at Inch (Ó Conchir 1973, 70). In the graveyard which surrounds the church is a perforated sandstone block, .3m wide, carved on 4 sides with a roll moulding flanked by filleted keel moulding at the angles. It may have formed part of a font associated with the 13th century church. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 985. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 8 August 2013

Medieval graveyard associated with a 13th-century church or religious foundation. Its significance lies in its possible connection to the ecclesiastical records of the diocese of Ardfert, reflecting early Christian settlement and land use in the region.

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