Chapel in St. Margaret's, County Dublin

The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.

What is recorded here

Read the whole record

A chantry chapel, apparently built by the Plunkett family (Tutty 1979, 155-157) in the sixteenth century lies southeast of the St. Margaret's medieval parish church (DU014-002002-). It is rectangular in plan (L 9m, WNW-ESE, Wth 4.9m, wall T 0.9m) and is entered through an elaborately decorated, pointed arched doorway which incorporates roll and hood moulding that terminates in a carved head. All the windows are blocked. There is a widely splayed window with chamfered, limestone jambs, and a square-headed window in the south wall. There is an aumbry on the same side. An L-shaped section of wall extends from the northeast angle of the chapel. An early 19th-century mausoleum is attached to the southeast corner. There are burials and big tree internally and there has been some rebuilding of the wall.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record DU014-002003

Places near here

Photo credits

Cg.wiki, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
Maker not stated on source page, readymap.irish
National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Jonjobaker, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
Maker not stated on source page, www.istockphoto.com
Maker not stated on source page, www.agriland.ie
PST Sport project photograph; individual photographer not stated, pstsport.com
Maker not stated on source page, www.flickr.com
Mike Searle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0

St. Margarets Church (in ruins)Church · 14 yd

Explorer Tom St. Margarets Church is the western portion of what used to be Donaghmore, ruined between 1630 and 1650. It’s basically…

St. Margaret's GraveyardGraveyard · 16 yd

Explorer Tom St. Margaret's Graveyard in County Dublin used to be run by a matchmaker who paired off couples based on how well they…

graveyard/cemetery17 yd

Explorer Tom Graveyard in St. Margaret’s has a mausoleum with a fancy Latin inscription that probably means 'keep off the grass' but…

Graveyard in St. Margaret'sGraveyard · 27 yd

Explorer Tom Graveyard in St. Margaret's is sub-rectangular with a steep slope from south to north. There’s an 18th-century…

bridge343 yd

Explorer Tom Bridge in Kilreesk is a single-arch bridge from around 1800 that looks like it’s been left out in the rain so long it’s…

Fairy fort / ringfort in KilreeskFairy fort / ringfort · 753 yd

Explorer Tom Fairy fort / ringfort in Kilreesk has a curving bank that might be part of a ringfort. Marcus Nolan saw it in 1989, so…

Fairy fort / ringfort in ShanganhillFairy fort / ringfort · 911 yd

Explorer Tom Fairy fort / ringfort in Shanganhill. A ploughed-out ringfort visible only as a cropmark in rough pasture. It’s like…

Kilreesk, St. Margarets GAAGAA ground · 1098 yd

Standing stone in DunsoghlyStanding stone · 1114 yd

Explorer Tom Standing stone in Dunsoghly is supposedly hiding in a neglected field near Dunsoghley Castle. Overgrown, dumped…

CastleCastle, tower house · 1522 yd

Explorer Tom Dunsoghly Castle once had a massive feud with the next village over whose potatoes were tastier, and honestly, we never…

farm house1741 yd

Explorer Tom Farm house in Killeek is a 1750 thatched house with a projecting entrance porch from 1960, meaning it added a hat after…

Chapelmidway BridgeBridge · 1.5 mi

Explorer Tom Chapelmidway Bridge does this weird thing where it hums a tune when nobody is looking at it properly. It’s got three…

More historic places in County Dublin · All of County Dublin

Add to this placeAdd a picture Add a detailed tip Add a story

Explore the map1,095,414 places to discover