What is recorded here

Site of Kyle Church is a church in Kyle (Solloghodbeg parish), County Tipperary, Ireland. The church stood on a low natural hillock, measured 14.6 metres long and 7 metres broad, and was recorded in 1840 as having wall foundations. By 1892 the churchyard bounds could still be traced with large stones marking grave heads, though the area had become cattle pasture. Today no trace of the church remains above ground, and a bungalow stands about 15 metres north of its former location.

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

This remains an important historical record, but the official description says the monument is no longer visible or has been destroyed. The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.