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Situated on a slight N-facing slope, at the headwaters of a small SW-NE stream that runs NE to the NW-SE River Bride, c. 500m distant. According to John O'Donovan writing c. 1840 (O'Flanagan 1929, 72) the present C of I church within a small D-shaped enclosure (dims. c. 60m NW-SE; c. 50m NE-SW) was built on the site of the church of Kilfentony, of which there is no other record, other than Power (1906a, 163) who locates it c. 350m to the N (WA029-037----). The present church was built c. 1831 (Lewis 1837, vol. 2, 219), but there are no visible remains of an antiquity. The enclosure is defined by a stone-clad earthen bank, except SE-SW where a scarp down to the interior separates it from a rectangular graveyard (WA029-038002-) (dims. c. 55m N-S; c. 30m E-W) defined by a stone-clad earthen bank, but there is no evidence of burial close to the church.
Lewis, S. (1837) A topographical dictionary of Ireland. 2 vols. Lewis and Co. London.
O'Flanagan, M. (Compiler) (1929) Letters containing information relative to the antiquities of the county of Waterford collected during the progress of the Ordnance Survey in 1841. Typescript. Bray.
Power, Rev. P. (1906a) The place-names of the Decies, WAJ 9, 12-39, 80-106, 154-70, 228-65.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Waterford' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Revised by: Michael Moore.
Date of upload: 14 November 2011
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