Church (in ruins) — Townparks (balrothery East By.)

The 18th-century bell-tower of a church in the centre of Holmpatrick (Inis Pádraig/Patrick's Island) graveyard stands on the site of the medieval parish church which was built in 1220 as an Augustinian priory and was dissolved in 1537 (Gwynn and Hadcock 1970, 154). The church (DU005-031001-) and graveyard (DU005-031002-) of Holmpatrick stands 720m to the S of Skerries and 200m W of the Dublin coast with St. Patrick's Island (DU005-019----) 2.1km to the NE. According to Gwynn and Hadcock (ibid., 178) the 'convent of St. Patrick's Island [DU005-019----] was moved to a more commodious place, Holm Patric (on the mainland, Co. Dublin), in 1220 by Henry of London, abp. [archbishop] of Dublin. The old name was retained, at any rate for a time. Philip was pr[ior]. of the Island of St. Patrick in 1229. Pr[ior]. Peter Manne d[ied]. 1537. His successor, Philip Corre, on 13 Dec. 1537 was granted a pension of £8 from the previous Easter, and in 1540 the jurors reported that the priory church had been parochial from time immemorial, other buildings on the 3-acre site being necessary for the farmer and not valued; the possessions included c. 1,000 acres with many messuages, cottages and unmeasured plots, a water-mill, and the rectory, val[ued]. £69 8s. 6d; in 1548 the farmers, the executors of Robert Cowley, deceased, and John Parker, were over £119 in arrears. The property was granted to Thomas Fitz Wiliams in 1578'. Medieval floor tiles were recovered from a grave 37m ENE of the extant 18th century bell-tower come from the site of the levelled Augustinian Priory (Baker 2002, 143). The 1654-56 Civil Survey of Dublin recorded that the in the 'parish of Holme-Patricke' on the lands of the 'Lord of Thomond of Bunratty' there stood 'The walles of the parish church' (Simington 1945, 54). In 1720, the Hamilton family acquired the estate of Holmpatrick. Cross-reference with DU005-019---- Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 13 March 2023