What is recorded here
Marked on the 2nd edition of the OS 6-inch map as a 'church in ruins' (DG105-003001-), there is now no trace of the church above ground. In the surrounding graveyard (DG105-003003-), there are several grass-grown mounds. O'Connor (1879, 17) says that the church was erected 'towards the latter part of the 15th century'…
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From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record DG105-003003
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- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
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- Kenneth Allen, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Kmcnamee, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
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