Religious house

In gently undulating pasture, in Killaraght graveyard (SL047-083002-) and within a field system (SL047-083004-). Probably the site of a convent founded by St Attracta which, according to tradition, was built by St Patrick (Gwynn and Hadcock 1970, 320-21). A nunnery and hospital (SL047-083007-) existed here into the 16th century and an abbess of Killaraght is mentioned in 1591 (ibid.). A 'house of nuns of Killaraght' still stood here in the 1680s (Ó Muraíle 2002, 242, n. 48). It is also probably the site of the medieval parish church of Killaraght. According to local tradition, there was a church ruin in the NW quadrant of the graveyard. Several blocks of dressed stone, found during a graveyard clean up, are the only recent indication of a church here (Mount 1994a). A road (SL047-083003-) lies c. 200m to the NE. 'Toberaraght' holy well (SL047-081----) is c. 600m to the S. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of upload: 18 January 2008