Site of Church — Adamstown

Described in the Ordnance Survey Letters for Athneasy Parish as following; 'a burial ground (LI040-073002-) much in use, within which is seen the side wall of an old Church nineteen feet seven inches [6m] long to a breach on it near the east end where a small portion of it, with a portion of the east gable attached thereto, stands detached. Both form a corner. This side wall is about seven feet [2.1m] high. Materials are from rude stones and cement of lime and sand mortar. The burial ground lies in a potatoe field and is enclosed with a stone wall of mason work' (OSL 81). Westropp (1904-5, 429) recorded the following details about Adamstown; 'It appears from Peyton (p. 12) to have been named Ballyhyward in 1586. Fabric - Part of the east gable and of a side wall of small rude masonry, 19½ feet [5.9m] long and 7 feet [2.1m] high, stood in 1840'. Church described in 1943 as following 'Here is a grave-yard (LI040-073002-) in which stands one fragment of the north gable of a church. The date of the oldest tombstone in the graveyard is 1765' (O'Kelly 1943, 170). Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 17 June 2019