What is recorded here
Templeree Church (in Ruins) is a graveyard in Ballinroe, County Tipperary, Ireland. The Royal Visitation of 1615 described the building as a church and chancell downe. Poorly preserved rectangular wall foundations survive to a height of 0.73m, with the lower west jamb of a chamfered rebated limestone doorway at the west end of the north wall. The church occupies the west end of the modern graveyard on an east-facing slope below the hill summit.
Situated on an E-facing slope just below the summit of a hill with an enclosure site (TN029-078) to the NE. The Royal Visitation of 1615 described the building as a 'church and chancell downe' (Murphy 1914, 222). A poorly preserved rectangular church (TN029-079001) consisting of the lower wall foundations surviving to a height of 0.73m. At the W end of the N wall there is the lower W jamb of a chamfered rebated limestone doorway. No other architectural features visible. The church is situated in the W end of a modern graveyard (TN029-079002) (Stout 1984, 100).
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien.
Date of upload: 22 September 2008
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- What survives
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