Site of Church

Located on a short promontory (dims. c. 260m E-W at S; c. 200m N-S) jutting N into the confluene of the W-E Glendine River with the N-S Blackwater River. This is the parish church of Templemichael within a rectangular graveyard (dims. c. 50m N-S; c. 45m E-W) defined by masnory walls. The church was in ruins by the 18th century (Smith 1746, 44) and was replaced by a C of I church in the late 18th/early 19th century which is now ruinous. No evidence of an older structure is visible. St Michael’s Well, a natural spring which was venerated in the late 19th century (OS Name Books), is c. 110m to the SW. A tower house (WA037-014001-) is adjacent immediately to the E of the graveyard. (Power1898a, 209) Power, Rev. P. (1898a) Ancient ruined churches of Co. Waterford, WAJ 4, 83-95, 195-219. Smith, C. (1746) The history of the town and county of Waterford. W. Wilson. Dublin. 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: 07 October 2011