Overview
Indicated — Killashee (killashee Ed) is recorded as Ecclesiastical site in Kildare. A Registered Historic Monument (No. 2/2009). At the S end of a low, N-S, pasture ridge.
Foundation and growth
The saved account records: According to Killanin and Duignan (1967, 384) this is the site of a church founded by Bishop Auxilius in the 5th century, and according to Jackson (1979-80, 155), 'Obits of the Abbots of Killashee occur in the Annals from 829 A.D.' The remains comprise a very overgrown graveyard (KD024-003004-), which contains a medieval church tower (KD024-003002-) which abuts the W end of a later, 18th century church (KD024-003001-).
People and events
The saved account records: A Registered Historic Monument (No. 2/2009).
Damage, loss and survival
The saved account records: No visible surface trace of early remains survive, but the totally overgrown nature of the monument precluded a detailed survey.
Why it mattered
Indicated — Killashee (killashee Ed) matters because the source ties ecclesiastical site to this exact landscape and preserves evidence that a bare map name loses. The saved account adds: At the S end of a low, N-S, pasture ridge.
History checked 15 August 2026 against the named sources below.
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