Site of Kyle Church — Kyle (solloghodbeg Par.)

On top of a low natural hillock, in undulating terrain, partially under pasture and partially in the grounds of a bungalow, at the S boundary. The bungalow lies c. 15m N of the location of the church. The 1840 OS Letters (O'Flanagan 1930 vol. 1, 8) describe the church at Kyle as consisting of the 'foundations of the walls' and the 'building was forty eight feet [14.6m] long and twenty three feet [7m] broad but nothing remains to point out its age'. According to White (1892, 29) 'The bounds of the Church and Church yard may be distinctly traced, and there are traces of burials, large stones being at the heads of graves; but the use of the place as a cemetery seems to have been long abandoned and the cattle of the occupier of the adjoining land have the site of the church and churchyard for pasture'. There is no visible trace of this church above ground. The boundary fence between the bungalow and its plot and the adjacent field to the S appear to be on the site of the church. There is a small grove of trees at the E end of this fence, adjacent to the road, which according to the owner, was planted on the location of the church and graveyard (TS059-060001-) and children's burial ground (TS059-090002-). Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of revised upload: 22 March 2012