
What is recorded here
'Church' marked on the 1835 'OS 6-inch' map and later marked as 'St. John's Church' on the 1911 ed. A gothic style rectangular chapel (L 21m; Wth 9m) built in 1803 and in use until the 1920s. In ruinous state.
Compiled by: Claire Breen
Date of upload: 4 April 2012
St. John's Church, Richard Taaffe's Holding is a Gothic-style rectangular chapel built in 1803 and dedicated to St. John. It served as a place of worship until the 1920s and is now in a ruinous state, reflecting early 19th-century ecclesiastical architecture in rural Ireland.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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