Site of Lyrath Ch. — Report the wrong picture

What is recorded here

Lyrath Ch. stood in what is now the grounds of Lyrath House hotel, about 170m southwest of the building. It appeared on the Down Survey map of Gowran in 1655-6, but by the first Ordnance Survey map in 1839 it was already only a site, suggesting the church had been levelled before then. Rooms and gardens have taken its place, yet the name still marks the loss.

In the grounds of Lyrath House hotel, c. 170m SW of the hotel. The church is indicated on the Down Survey (1655-6) barony map of Gowran (Hibernia Regnum, courtesy of Trinity College Dublin). It is depicted on the 1st (1839) ed. OS 6-inch map and 1900 revision as the site of Lyrath church, implying that it had been levelled by the early 19th century. See attached: KK020-028----_01 extract from the Down Survey (1655-6) barony map of Gowran, County Kilkenny (Hib. Reg., courtesy of Trinity College Dublin) Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 24 November 2020

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