The following list is from the ‘Archaeological Survey of County Wexford’. It should be of use to any genealogical researcher regardless of whether or not they ever visit Ireland in that it names those churches which are considered to be or have been parish churches for an area giving the townland that the church was located it. It also gives some indication of whether or not there was a graveyard associated with the church, as well as graveyards that were not located in the grounds of a church. Plus, it gives us some idea of the period churches were in use.
The placenames are listed alphabetically:
ADAMSTOWN
OS 31:13:2 ‘Adamstown Church (site of)’ Church (site) Parish church of Adamstown within oval graveyard on the site of an early church. Marked ‘Adamstown Church (Site of)’ on 1841 and 1925 OS 6-inch maps. Not visible at ground level. Decorated Romanesque fragment recorded from site. St Abban’s cross, a Latin cross in green stone (H c. 3.75m) in graveyard. St Abban’s Well is c. 1 km to S.
30-9-1987
AMBROSETOWN
OS 46:6:3 ‘Church (in ruins), Grave Yard’ Church Parish church of Ambrosetown within a sub circular stone-walled graveyard. Undivided nave and chancel of which only the E gable with lancet window and glazing bars survive together with grass-covered foundations of N and S walls (dims. at least 17.6m E-W; 6.9m N-S). Rectangular granite font within church. Site of St Ambrose’s Well, where patterns were one time held c. 30m to N.
23-9-1988
ARDCANDRISK
OS 37:10:2 (321,276) ‘Castle (in ruins)’ Church Parish church of Ardcandrisk within subrectangular graveyard, misinterpreted as castle on current OS 6-inch map. Base of nave walls (int. L at least 9.95m; int. Wth 4.6m; H c. Im) with entrance (Wth Im) at S. Chancel rebuilt (int. L 5.2m; int. Wth 4m; H 2m) perhaps as mortuary chapel with entrance from nave (Wth Im) to S of centre. Rectangular font of conglomerate stone in nave. St Eusebius’ Well, a drystone-walled and slab-built well, at which patterns
were held until c. 1800 lies c. loom to N. Mound site (58) c. 50m to S.
22-9-1988
ARDCAVAN
OS 38:5:4 ‘Ardcavan Church (Site of), Grave Yd.’ Church ( site) Parish church of Ardcavan within oval graveyard (dims. 53m E-W; 18-30m N-S). Reputedly founded by St Caemon in the seventh century AD. One fragment of mortared masonry wall survives. Rectangular font in graveyard. Site of St Cavan’s Well, at which the pattern was held on 12th June until 1800 lies c. 200m to N.
2-11-1987
ARDCOLM
OS 38:1:5 (96,507) ‘St Columb’s Ch. (in ruins), Grave Yard’ Church Parish church of Ardcolm within circular graveyard. Nave (int. dims. lorn E-W; 6.45m N-S) and chancel (int. dims. 6.75m E-W; 5.40m N-S) church with walls of mortared shale, quartz and conglomerate surviving to H of c. 3m. Entrance originally in W gable, now destroyed. Single undecorated lights survive in N wall of nave and of chancel. Pointed chancel arch (Wth 2.4m) of uncut stone; chancel not bonded to nave. St Columb’s Well, a natural spring at which the pattern was held on 9th June lies c. 150m to SE.
2-11-1988
ARDENAGH LITTLE
OS 41:6:4 ‘Church (in ruins)’ Church Sections of N and S walls (max. L 5m; max. H 1.2m) 6.1m apart and faint traces of other walls to E (total L 10.5m). No evidence of burial or enclosure. Site of Tobershidaun c. 280m to N.
8-9-1988
ARTRAMON
OS 37:4: 1 ‘Church (in ruins), Grave Yard’ Church Parish church of Artramon within rectangular graveyard. Nave and chancel church of which only the chancel (int. L 6.9m; int. Wth 4.25m) can be traced as wall foundations, except N wall (H c. 5m) which has two small lights placed high in the wall and adjacent part of E wall with two niches. St Bridget’s Well, an oval drystone-walled well, still venerated, lies c. 120m to S and tower house is nearby.
7-9-1988
BALLINCLARE
OS 11:10:5 ‘Toome Church (in ruins),Grave Yard’ Church Parish church of Toome within rectangular graveyard. Nave and chancel church of which only the W, N and E walls of nave survive to roof level (int. L 11.3m; int, Wth 5.1m). Pointed chancel arch (Wth 1.8m) at E of nave. Chancel appears as sunken area (int. L 8.50m; int, Wth 5m). Bullaun stone outside SW corner of nave.
23-6-1987
BALLINGLY
OS 40:16:3 ‘Church (in ruins), Grave Yd.’ Church Parish church of Ballingly within rectangular enclosure (dims. 45m E-W; 40m N-S) defined by field fences on all sides except N where there is a scarp. Rectangular structure oriented E-W (int. dims. 16.9m E-W; 5.75m N-S). W gable with double bellcote and lancet window survives intact. N wall with round-headed door in green stone towards Wend survives with breaks to roof level (H 3m). Other walls c. 1.5m high. Blocked door in S wall, opposite that in N, with holy water stoop bearing carved face. Altar at E end. Base of finial cross and piscina fragment in church. No evidence of burial outside the church. Site of Lady’s Well c. 75m to NNW.
5-10-1988
BALLYANNE
OS 29:4:4 ‘Church (in ruins), Grave Yard’ Church Parish church of Ballyanne within rectangular graveyard. Grass-covered remains of nave (L 13m; Wth 8.5m) with N and S walls of chancel (int. L 5.2m; int. Wth 4.5m; H 1.5-2m). Lady’s Well c. loom to NE.
16-6-1988
BALLYBOHER
OS 47:16:3 ‘Church (in ruins), Grave Yd.’ Church Parish church of Ishartmon within rectangular graveyard. Described as decayed on Down Survey maps (The Past 1921, 91). Nave (dims. 10.2m E-W; 7.1m N-S) and chancel (dims. 6.2m E-W; 5.6m N-S) surviving complete except N nave wall. Pointed doorway towards Wend of S nave wall and rectangular window with glazing groove towards E end. Double bellcote over W gable. Chancel arch, originally rounded but now altered with brickwork.
Nave walls overs ail those of chancel by 1.2m. E window blocked but small pointed window in both N and S walls, each with glazing grooves. Aumbry and niche at S end of E wall with shelf at N end. Circular granite font within nave.
11-8-1988
BALLYBRENNAN
OS 31:3:2 ‘St Cowan’s Church (in ruins), Grave Yard’ Church Parish church of Kilcowanmore within subrectangular graveyard possibly on site of early monastic church. Single cell church oriented ESE-WNW (dims. 21.5m x 7m) with only W wall surviving to full height. Possible entrances towards W end of N and S walls. Remains of later building (dims. c. 8m N-S; 4m E-W) built over E end of church. Fragment of early cross-slab and medieval grave-cover in graveyard. St Cowan’s Well, where patterns were held on 3rd February in 1920s lies c. loom to SW.
1-10-1987
BALLYBRENNAN BIG
OS 48:1:1 ‘Church (in ruins), Grave Yd.’ Church Parish church of Ballybrennan within subrectangular graveyard. Rectangular structure with good quoins (dims. 6.3m N-S; at least 9.7m E-W) of which W wall and most of N wall are removed. Pointed doorway towards Wend of S wall. Opposingwindows towards E end of N and S walls, that on S pointed with glazing groove, and pointed E window. Plain aumbry on S wall with broken shelf on N side of E wall. Hanging-eyes survive for all windows and the door, All features are of dressed granite. Rectangular granite font within graveyard. Site of St Keevil’s Well, where patterns were held on 27th August lies c. 75m to SE.
24-6-1988
BALLYCANEW
OS 16:4:3 ‘Church’ Church (site) Parish church of Ballycanew within sub circular raised graveyard (dims. 44m E-W; 30m N-S). Present Church of Ireland church thought to occupy site of older church. Bullaun stone in NE corner.
6-11-1987
BALLYCONNICK
OS 46:4:1 ‘Church (in ruins), Grave Yd.’ Church Parish church of Ballyconnick within subrectangular graveyard. Nave (dims. 10.3m E-W; 6.6m N-S) and chancel (dims. 5.5m E-W; 5.9m N-S) church, the walls of which are reduced to H of 1-1.7m. Opposing doors, now destroyed, towards W end of nave walls. Rectangular font, probably unfinished since lacking drain-hole, in nave.
28-9-1988
BALLYDUFF
OS 10:8:4 ‘Kilcomb Church (in ruins), Grave Yard’ Church Parish church of Kilcomb within triangular graveyard. Rectangular building with two cells created by inserted wall, oriented E- W with walls of shale and quartz (H c. 1m). W cell (int. L 12.3m; int. Wth 5m) and E cell (int. L 3.75m; int. Wth 5m) connected by doorway (Wth 0.75m) at S end of dividing wall. Blocked doorway adjacent to dividing wall in S wall of W cell.
19-6-1987
BALLYHACK
OS 44:6:5 ‘Grave Yard’ Church (site) Probable site of parish church of St James and Dunbrody within stone-walled graveyard. Church described as ‘in ruins’ in Civil Survey; repaired by Ecclesiastic Commissioners in 1830’s and still in use in 1841. Not visible at ground level. Sculptured stones (1385) probably from church now at Arthurstown.
14-10-1988
BALLYHOGE
OS 32:5:6 ‘Church (in ruins), Grave Yd.’ Parish Church of Ballyhoge possibly of early origin. W wall survives to H of 2m. Other walls are grass-covered foundations (L 20.5m; Wth 8m). Within D-shaped graveyard which occupies N part of oval enclosure (dims. c. 120m N-S; c. 90m E-W). Site of St John’s Well where pattern was held on 24th June until c. 1800 (O’Flanagan 1933, vol. 2, 44) lies c. 30m
to N,
6-10-1987
BALLYKEEROGEMORE
OS 39:7: 1 ‘Church (in ruins), Grave Yard’ Church Parish church of Ballybrazil within triangular graveyard. E gable and adjacent N and S walls survive to roof level (dims. 8.2m E-W; 6.13m N-S; H 2.5m). Full length defined by scarp at W (L c. 19m). Small window in N and S walls and small E window with alcoves on either side, each with a slate base and semicircular niche on outer edge. Wall-tops surmounted by oversailing parapet with drain-holes. Bawn of Ballykeerogemore (1506) c. 200m to SSW.
7-8-1988
BALLYLANNAN
OS 45:4: 1 ‘Church (in ruins)’ Church Parish church of Ballylannan within rectangular graveyard. Rectangular structure (dims. 13.9m E-W; 6.67m N-S; H c. 2.5m) adapted to a mausoleum in 1824. Pointed granite doorway and small window, both in N wall and both blocked, are only original features.
5-10-1988
BALLYMACLARE
OS 34:12:4 Not indicated Church ( site) Marked ‘site of Chapel and burial Ground’ and faintly outlined with enclosing feature on 1841 OS 6-inch map. Cairn material removed c. 1970 when bullaun stone and fragment of window casement were recovered.
5-8-1988
BALLYMITTY
OS 41:9:6 ‘Church (Site of)’ Church (site) Parish church of Ballymitty. Low outline of rectangular structure (dims. 13m E-W; 10m N-S) on area of rock outcrop. Seven stone fragments of window surrounds with glazing grooves on site. No evidence of burial or enclosure. St Peter’s Well, now covered, where pattern was held on 29th June until c. 1800, lies c. loom to W.
8-9-1988
BALLYMORE
OS 33:6:4 Church (site) Parish church of Screen within raised rectangular graveyard (dims. 39m E-W; 27m N-S). O’Donovan records the former existence of old church. Not visible at ground level. Oval stone (0.52m x 0.35m; H 0.35m) with oval socket in N of graveyard. Natural spring c. loom to W, where patterns were held on 27th September until c. 1820.
24-10-1987
BALLYMORE DEMESNE
OS 16:6:3 ‘Church (Site of), Grave Yard’ Possible parish church of Kilbride absorbed by Ferns before seventeenth century. Lewis (1837, vol. 2, 55) refers to ‘ancient church held in great veneration’. Present Church of Ireland church within small subrectangular graveyard is later nineteenth century. St Bridget’s Well, now covered with a boulder, lies c.S 200m to W. Ballymore motte (939) 300m to W.
9-8-1987
BALLYNABERNY
OS 10:5:4 ‘Kilrush Ch. G. Yd.’ Church ( site) Parish church of Kilrush within circular graveyard (diam. c. 65m) defined by earthen bank with double bullaun stone outside enclosure at W. Possibly of early origin. Name and tradition indicate ancient church. No visible remains of early structure at ground level.
16-6-1987
BALLYNASLANEY
OS 32:10:2 ‘St David’s Ch. (site of)’ Parish church of Ballynaslaney within rectangular graveyard. Marked ‘church (site of)’ on 1841 and 1925 OS 6-inch maps. Not visible at ground level. St David’s Well and bath-house nearby, where pattern still held on first of March. Doorway from this church now at Saunderscourt (1297) (Lewis 1837, vol. 2,198).
16-10-1987
BALLYNASTRAW
OS 26:7:5 ‘Church (Site of), Grave Yd.’ Probable parish church of Ballyhuskard within rectangular graveyard. O’Donovan records existence of S wall (L 3m; H 3m) which has since disappeared. Bullaun stone in graveyard. Site of St Peter’s Well, at which pattern was held on 29th June until c. 1800 lies c. l00m to E.
BALLYVALDON
OS 27:12:3 ‘R.C. Chapel (in ruins), Grave Yard’ Parish church of Ballyvaldon within rectangular graveyard. Rectangular building oriented NE-SW (int. L 16.7m; int. Wth 5.5m). Walls survive to roof level with window openings in E gable (blocked) and at E ends of N and S walls. Round-headed door with uncut voussoirs at Wend of S wall. Wall cupboard or aumbry at E end of S wall. Window high in W gable now obscured by Ivy. Mound (61) c. loom to E.
22-10-1987
BALLYVALLOO LOWER
OS 33:7:5 ‘Ballyvalloo Ch. (in Ruins), G. Yd.’ Parish church of Ballyvalloo within raised oval graveyard (35m E-W; 23m N-S) defined by stone wall. Grass-covered foundations of nave (L 10.5m; Wth 9.3m) and chancel (L 7. 7m; Wth 5.4m) of mortared shale (H 3m). Round chancel arch (Wth 1.63m) of uncut stone and destroyed window opening at E end of chancel. Site of St Peter’s Well, at which patterns were held on 29th June is c. loom to E.
26-10-1987
BARNADOWN
OS 2:2:4 ‘Kilcashel Church (Site of), Grave Yard (disused)’ Church Foundations of rectangular building (dims. 22.3m E-W; 7.8m N-S; H c. 0.8m) with possible entrance (Wth 1.8m) surviving in the N wall. Within roughly oval enclosure (max. dim. 137m NW-SE) defined by stone wall WNW-NE with an earthen bank continuing on this line to SE outside the graveyard and modern walls elsewhere. Enclosure site (491) within the graveyard.
26-6-1987
BISHOPLAND
OS 32:8:3 ‘Church (Site of), Grave Yard’ Parish church of St Nicholas. Grass-covered foundations of small rectangular building of shale and quartz stones (dims. lorn E-W; 6m N-S) with N wall largely missing. No visible remains of burial or enclosure at ground level.
30-10-1987
BOLABAUN
OS 37:5:2 ‘Chapel Carron (Site of), Grave Yard (disused)’ Possible parish church of Chapel Carron within subrectangular enclosure (dims. 26m E-W; 10-14m N-S) backing onto rayine (H c. 6m) at S. Foundations of rectangular building oriented ENE-WSW (int. dims. 6.25m x 3.65m) with possible entrance at S. No evidence of burial. St Nicholas’ Well lies c. 300m to SW.
23-9-1988
BOLGERSTOWN
OS 37:9:3 ‘Graveyard (disused)’ Church D-shaped graveyard (dims. c. 47m N-S; c.43m E-W) defined by straight field fence at Wand scarp and fosse (Wth 3m; D below interior 1.4m; D below exterior 0.7m) elsewhere to E. Within are fragmentary remains of clay-bonded structure (dims. 9.8m E-W; 5.4m N-S). No headstones or grave markers.
30-11-1990
BORLEAGH
OS 3: 13:4 ‘Church (in ruins), Grave Yard’ Grass-covered remains of undivided nave and chancel church (dims. 2lm E-W; 8m N-S; H 0.5-lm) within rectangular graveyard. No distinguishing features. Doorway may have been at Wend of N wall where there is a break. Limerick Castle (1621) c. 500m to W.
1-7-1987
BREGORTEEN
OS 36:12:3 ‘St Bridget’s Church (in ruins)’ Parish church of Kilbrideglynn. Marked ‘St. Bridget’s Church (in ruins)’ within small oval enclosure on 1841 and 1924 OS 6-inch maps and described by O’Donovan as consisting only of foundations (L c. 16m; Wth c. 6m). Enclosure and foundations removed since c.1970. Not visible at ground level.
12-8-1988
BUSH
OS 48:2:1 ‘St Michael’s Church (in ruins), Grave Yd.’ Parish church of St Michael. Rectangular structure (dims. 9m E-W; 5.8m N-S) defined by grass-covered bank with entrance (Wth 1.3m) at W. Within circular graveyard (diam. 30m) defined by earthen bank (Wth 2.5m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 1.7m): Site of St Michael’s Well, where patterns were held on 29th September lies c. 60m to SE.
22-6-1988
CARNAGH
OS 35:9:5 ‘Church (in ruins), Grave Yd.’ Parish church of Carnagh within rectangular graveyard, described as ‘in ruins’ in the late seventeenth century. Rectangular building (dims. 13.6m E-W; 7.05m N-S) surviving to roof level with inserted rectangular window in E gable and smaller window in W gable. No other features.
21-7-1988
CARRICK
OS 45: 12:3 ‘Church (Site of)’ Possible parish church of Carrick depicted faintly as a small rectangular structure within a D-shaped enclosure. No visible remains at ground level apart from circular granite basin, possibly a unfinished font. No enclosure or evidence of burial. Three crosses c. 300m to NE (1384) thought to have come from this site.
26-11-1988
CASTLEBRIDGE
OS 32: 16:6 ‘Church (Site of), G. Yd.’ Marked ‘Church (site of)’ on 1841 and 1925 OS 6-inch maps. Lewis (1837, vol. 1, 45) says present C of I church built in 1764 on site of a castle. No visible traces at ground level within rectangular graveyard.
2-5-1988
CASTLEELLIS
OS 27:6:5 ‘Church, G. Yd.’ Parish church of Castleellis. O’Donovan records that an old church was pulled down before the erection of the nineteenth-century church. Foundations visible are those of nineteenth-century church within rectangular graveyard. St John’s Well, a rectangular masonry structure where patterns were held on 24th June in nineteenth century, lies c. 150m to E of church.
16-10-1987
CHAPEL
OS 31:1:3 ‘Church (Site of), Grave Yard’ Parish church of Chapel parish within circular graveyard. Single-cell church oriented ESE- WNW with wide spread of collapsed walls (int. L 12.8m; int. Wth 5.8m). Entrance (Wth 1.7m) towards Wend of S wall. St Francis’ Well with mortared stone wall surround is located c. 500m to SSW.
25-9-1987
CHURCHTOWN
OS 11:7:6 ‘Church, G. Yd.’ Parish church of Liskinfere, within subrectangular graveyard. O’Donovan records that site of old church of Clogh is occupied by modern Church of Ireland. No visible remains of older structure at ground level.
23-6-1987
CHURCHTOWN
OS 54:7:2 ‘Hook Church (in ruins), Burial Gd.’ Parish church of Hook within subrectangular graveyard and of early origin. Dedicated to St Dubhan, a Welsh saint who settled here in the fifth century, after whom the Hook peninsula was called Rinn Dubhan. Medieval references date from 1245 when chaplains of St Saviour of Rindeaun were urged to maintain the lighthouse (1494).
Nave, extended in length (dims. 13.7m E-W; 6.05m N-S) and later chancel (dims. 8.1m E-W; 5.05m N-S) survive almost complete. Nave (original int. L 5.6m) is earlier and E wall has remains of antae and destroyed window over chancel arch. Nave extended to W end provided with opposing round- headed doorways towards W end, that on N with stoup in situ. Corbels at W end for gallery and W gable has
double bellcote. Blocked door towards E end of N nave wall. Chancel has three-light ogee-headed window with glazing grooves on E wall and statue shelf and niche at N end of E wall. Three small windows on S wall and one on N. Piscina, aumbry and Easter Sepulchre in chancel.
22-3-1986
CHURCHTOWN (Bridgetown ED)
OS 47:10:1 ‘St. David’s Church’ Church (site) Probable parish church of Mulrankin, described by Lewis (1837, vol. 2,413) as a small plain building beyond repair, on whose site the Ecclesiastic Commissioners were to build a new church. No visible ground-level remains of older structure within rectangular graveyard.
27-3-1989
CHURCHTOWN (Kilscoran ED)
OS 48:2:5 ‘Church (in ruins), Grave Yard’ Parish church of Rosslare. Nave (dims. 13m E-W; 6.1m N-S) with only the W wall (H 2m) partly surviving and chancel (dims. 7.85m E-W; 6.25m N-S) surviving complete to roof level. Pointed chancel arch (Wth 2.05m; H 2.2m) survives with a cupboard on E face of each pier. Two-light window with granite surrounds, round heads and glazing grooves in E wall; niche at N end. N and S walls have two windows, the eastern ones with glazing grooves. Tomb-niche (Wth 2.2m; H 0.9m) in N wall. Record of a double bellcote on W wall of nave.
22-6-1988
CHURCHTOWN (Lady’s Island ED)
OS 53:7:2 ‘Church (site of)’ Parish church of Carn within subrectangular graveyard. Present abandoned Churdh of Ireland church (dims. 15.1m E-W; 6.5m N-S) has original material in the double bellcote on the stepped W gable, the reused porch door frame and the blocked arcade in the S wall. This arcade with two pointed arches of dressed granite may have led to a S transept. There is no evidence of an N transept.
28-1-1988
CHURCHTOWN (St Helen’s ED)
OS 48:7:5 ‘Church (site of)’ Parish church of Kilrane within rectangular graveyard. Only W gable (incomplete L 4.9m; H 5.2m) of what must have been a large church survives. Remains of bellcote over gable and narrow window,robbed of cut stone.
23-6-1988
CHURCHTOWN (Tacumshin ED)
OS 53:1:1 ‘St Catherine’s Church’ Parish church of Tacumshin within rectangular graveyard. References date from early fifteenth century. Nave and chancel with transepts. Nave (int. dims. 12.7m x 5.8m)
represented by W gable with pointed window and foundation courses of N wall. N transept outlined by foundation course. S transept (int. dims. 6.85m E-W; 3.5m N-S) survives to roof level with gables at E and W and statue shelf on E wall. Entered from nave by three round arches of dressed limestone voussoirs (Wth 1.9m; H 1.65m) resting on two rectangular and chamfered piers of limestone. Arches could be closed with shutters and E pier has corbels on N and S faces probably for rood screens. S transept has double ogee- headed window (damaged) at E, three single ogee-headed windows at S, one with glazing channel, and rectangular window with glazing channel at W. Transept also has tomb-niche and small bullaun stone.
Pointed chancel arch (Wth 2.2m; H 1.45m) leads to chancel (int. dims. 7.27m E-W; 3.92m N-S) surviving to roof level except at Wend of N wall. S pier of chancel has hagioscope or viewing window from nave. Three-light ogee-headed window with glazing groove, and shelf in E wall; aumbry and single-light ogee-headed window with glazing groove in S wall. Grave cover in chancel with incised floriated cross and incised inscription commemorating John Ingram, identified, possibly, as a Canon of Ferns in 1304 (The Past 1949,31). Site of St Catherine’s Well c. 150m to E.
14-7-1988
CLONATIN UPPER
OS 7:13:3 ‘Kilmakilloge Church (in ruins), Grave yard’ Church Romanesque parish church of Kilmakilloge within D-shaped graveyard defined by earthen bank. Portion of N wall (L 11.5m) and W wall (L 2.6m) survive to H of c. 3m. Indication of entrance at NW corner. Remainder of building indicated by banks and scarps (L 25m; Wth c. 7m). Twelve cut stones are from Romanesque doorway which was at W end gable and church originally had separate nave and chancel.
15-7-1987
CLONE
OS 15:15:2 ‘Clone Church (in ruins), Grave Yard’ Romanesque parish church of Clone within rectangular graveyard, on early monastic foundation. W gable and W part of S wall of single-cell church survive to roof level; elsewhere walls c. 1.5m high (dims. 16.95m E-W; 8.?m N-S). Lintelled W doorway, originally round-headed, with batter and chevrons on mouldings of architrave. Seven heads and stone with dogtooth decoration in outer face of wall over door. Two cross-slabs, sundial and two bullaun stones in graveyard. Third cross-slab c. 80m to SE of church. All decorated stones of church building in green stone. Romanesque window, probably from church, now at St Peter’s, Ferns (1446) and face corbels from church at St Maodhog’s Well.
CLONGEEN
OS 40:8:4 ‘Church (Site of), G. Yd.’ Parish church of Clongeen. (Flanagan 1933, vol. 2, 354) recorded that no trace of the old church was visible. Multiple cresset-stone with at least 5 cups on three facets of oblong stone in triangular graveyard. St Edan’s Well c. 30m to NW.
29-9-1988
CLONMORE
OS 31:4:5 ‘Clonmore Grave Yard’ Parish church of Clonmore within graveyard and possibly on early site. Identified as Cluain Mor Maodhog by O’Donovan (Flanagan 1933, vol. 2, 1-42) dating perhaps to the
29-9-1987
COOLHULL
OS 46:9:6 ‘Church (in ruins), Grave Yard’ Parish church of St Imoge or Shemoge within circular graveyard. Rectangular structure recently restored. No features visible apart from rectangular font. Rectangular pile of stones attached to E wall. St Imock’s Well or Shemoge well, where patterns were held on l0th December located c. 400m to S.
20-9-1988
COOLRAINEY
OS 33:15:0 Church ( site) Parish church of St Margarets’ or Raven. Destroyed in eighteenth century when sea encroached a quarter mile on coast (Lewis 1837, vol. 2, 343). St Margaret’s Well, a natural pond, may have been close to this site.
27-10-1987
COOLSTUFF
OS 41:4:2 ‘Church (in ruins), Grave Yd.’ Parish church of Coolstuff within rectangular graveyard. Nave (L 19.3m; Wth 8.8m) and chancel visible as grass covered foundations and sections of N wall (L 5m) and S wall (L 7.5m) of nave surviving to height of c. 2.6m. Indications of possible doorways towards W end of nave walls. Bullaun stone and rectangular font within church. Site of Lady’s Well c. 90m to E.
15-9-1988
COURTHOYLE OLD
OS 35:3:4 ‘Church (Site of), Grave Yard’ References date from the thirteenth century when it was known as the chapel of Hoel. Cairn material, a bullaun stone and pointed head of a slit window, within rectangular graveyard. Site of Tobermurry c. 100m to N.
5-7-1988
DONAGHMORE
OS 17:7:2 ‘Ch. (in ruins), Grave Yard’ Parish church of Donaghmore within rectangular graveyard. The present ruins are of the eighteenth- or early nineteenth-century C of I church rebuilt on site of older church of which nothing remains.
23-7-1987
DOONOONEY
OS 31: 14:2 ‘Church (Site of)’ Parish church of Doonooney. Marked ‘church in ruins’ on 1841 OS 6-inch map. Slightly dished oval area (dims. 60m N-S; 38m E-W) defined by a slight scarp with traces of external fosse (Wth 12m; D 0.2m) ENE-SE. No evidence of burial apart from fragment of one headstone. Adjacent to motte site
30-9-1987
DRILLISTOWN
OS 39:12:5 ‘Church (in Ruins)’ Church Probable parish church of Killesk. Foundation courses of rectangular building oriented E-W (int. dims. 8.3m E-W; 4.2m N-S; max. H 1.4m). No visible features. Within D-shaped graveyard (dims. 58m N-S; 35m E-W) with straight edge at S. Enclosure defined by stone-clad earthen bank (Wth c.2.5m; int. H 1.5m) augmented at S and adjacent parts of W and E (Wth 6m).
6-4-1988
DRINAGH SOUTH
OS 42:8:6 ‘Drinagh Church (in ruins), GraveYd.’ Parish church of Drinagh; dedicated to St Kevin within rectangular graveyard. Nave (dims. 12.52m E-W; 7.4m N-S) and chancel (dims. 5.7m E-W; 5.5m N-S) connected by round chancel arch. Walls survive generally to roof level (H 1.9-2.5m) except N wall of nave reused as handball alley (H 5m) and N wall of chancel (H O.3m). Gallery supported on corbels, most now missing, at W end of nave. Opposing doorways towards W end of nave and single-lights towards E end, those on N side blocked. Window at W end of nave, also blocked. S wall of chancel possibly rebuilt and E window robbed but niche survives on N side. No dressed stone apart from round head of window in S of nave. Rectangular granite font in nave. Mound site (63) c. 80m to SE.
13-10-1988
DUNBRODY
OS 39;10:5 ‘Chapel (in ruins), Grave Yard’ Capella ante portas (lay chapel) of Dunbrody Abbey , within rectangular graveyard. Rectangular building oriented E-W (dims. 11.6m E-W; 6.7m N-S) surviving to roof level except for N wall. W doorway with stump of stoup attached to wall inside. Inserted limestone rectangular window, originally of two lights with square hood-moulding, in E gable and doorway in W. Church attached to gatehouse (1557) immediately to W.
31-8-1988
DUNCORMICK
OS 46:11:4 ‘Church, Grave Yard’ Parish church of Duncormick within rectangular graveyard, replaced by C of I church c . 1810; now derelict. St Clomaun’s Well where a stone with inscription ‘R.C. 1696’ was found c. 400m to S. Adjacent to motte.
15-6-1988
GLEBE
OS 3:5:1 ‘Burial Ground’ Church ( site) Parish church of Kilnenor within graveyard which is an irregular raised area defined by earthen bank (dims. 53m N-S; 45m E-W). Church had been destroyed by the mid-nineteenth century. Kilnenor Well, at which pattern was held on 8th September until 1798 (ibid.) is rectangular drystone-walled structure c. 30m SW of church site.
1-7-1987
GLEBE
OS 16:15:6 ‘Ch., G. Yd.’ Parish church of Monamolin within small triangular graveyard. Present Church of Ireland church built in 1824 on site of older church of which no remains survive. St Moling’s Well, a circular drystone-walled and lintelled structure where the pattern was held on 17th of June ( ibid. ) lies c. 350m to S.
9-9-1987
GLEBE
OS 22:1:3 ‘Church (site of)’ Parish church of Kiltrisk. Rectangular area (dims. 39m E-W; 35m N-S) defined by field fences on E and S sides and slight scarp elsewhere. No visible remains of church at ground level and no evidence of burial. Kiltrisk Well, a natural spring, c. loom to E. Possible motte (941) c. 350m to S.
14-8-1987
GLEBE
OS 26:14:1 ‘Grave Yd.’ Parish church of Edermine within rectangular graveyard. O’Donovan records that old church was pulled down. Records of church go back to fourteenth century. No visible remains at ground level. St Kieran’s Well, protected by circular masonry wall (diam. 4.7m) built on present site some time after 1841. Located c. 700m N of church site. Possible standing stone (129) within the graveyard.
3-5-1987
GLEBE
OS 42:13:1 ‘Kilmannan Church (in ruins), Grave Yd.’ Fortified parish church of Kilmannan within rectangular graveyard. Only tower at W end remains (dims. 5.7m E-W; 5.4m N-S; H c. 7.5m) lacking batter or quoins. Entrance to tower (from church) at E was protected by murder-hole. Lobby leads to vaulted ground floor with three window embrasures (destroyed) and mural stairs rising in E and N walls to first-floor doorway at NW angle. First floor had two window embrasures, one of which is damaged, with seats. Gun loop and large opening, in E wall, possibly a doorway leading to gallery over Wend of nave. Entrance to mural stairs in NE corner destroyed and stairs, now inaccessible, rise in N wall to second floor, which has windows with seats in Wand S walls. Floor was supported by joists set directly into walls. Stairs continue in N wall, probably to wall-walk. Bellcote may still survive but is obscured by ivy. Bullaun stone, c. 50m to SW and site of St Mannan’s Well, where patterns were held on 6th July, lies c. 300m to S.
12-10-1988
GLEBE
OS 47:7:1 ‘Church (in ruins), Grave Yd.’ Parish church of Mayglass within rectangular graveyard. References date from early fourteenth century. Nave and chancel (total L 25.6m; max. Wth 7.88m) of which survive only E gable of chancel with its window, W gable with double bellcote and blocked window together with parts of S wall containing Romanesque doorway which was repaired in 1914. Site of St Fintan’s Well, where pattern was held on 17th February, located c. 130m to S.
18-8-1988
GLEBE
OS 52:2:5 ‘St John’s Church, Grave Yard’ Church (site). church of Kilturk. O’Donovan records that the old church was demolished c. 1815. No visible remains at ground level. Circular graveyard (diam. 42m) defined by earthen bank (int. H c. Im). Slight traces of outer fosse at S and W.
20-7-1988
GLEBE (Castle Talbot ED)
OS 27:15:2 ‘Killila Grave Yd.’ Parish church of Killila within oval graveyard. O’Donovan records that an old church existed here. No visible remains at ground level. St Bridget’s Well, a natural spring where a pattern was held on 1st February until c. 1800, lies c. loom to N.
20-10-1987
GRAHEEROGE
OS 48:9:4 ‘Church (site of)’ Marked only on 1940 OS 6-inch map. Visible as circular cropmark (diam. c. 40m) on aerial photographs (ASIAP, WX 71, 9-13). Not visible at ground level. Crudely worked portion of font stem, originally located cc. 300m to N but now at Curracloe, may have been moved from site. ,
30-6-1988
GRAHORMICK
OS 47:12:5 ‘Church (in ruins), Grave Yard’ Parish church of Ballymore within subrectangular graveyard. Nave (dims. 16.6m NW-SE; 6.8m NE-SW) with walls surviving to roof level except NE wall and later chancel (dims. 7.35m NW-SE; 5.4m NE-SW) destroyed to foundations. Round-headed doorway of undressed stone in S wall of nave and remains of N doorway. Two rectangular windows in S wall, the E with glazing groove, and narrow light in W gable. Bellcote destroyed. Pointed chancel arch of undressed stone (Wth 2.05m; H 1.66m). Fragment of octagonal font within nave with rectangular font outside church. Chancel is later than nave since original E window embrasure is in evidence above chancel arch which also has statue shelf and aumbry in adjacent S wall.
18-8-1988
GRANGE (Kilmore ED)
OS 52:1:6 ‘Church (in ruins), Grave Yd.’ Parish church of Kilmore within rectangular graveyard, possibly of early origin. Nave (original dims. 10.7m E-W; c. 6.5m N-S) extended at W (total L 21.7) and later chancel (dims. 8.05m E-W; 5.73m N-S) with walls surviving to H of c. 2.5m, except W wall of nave, N wall of chancel and parts of N wall of nave. Chancel has two-light ogee-headed E window with glazing groove and two windows, one blocked and one rectangular with glazing groove, in S wall. Rounded chancel arch (Wth 1.5m; H 1.7m). Nave has no features visible apart from round-headed doorway (Wth 0.95m; H 1.75m) with stoup on S wall at W end and two corbels on N and S walls at E end, perhaps for rood loft. Whitty memorial, dated 1647 and memorial of Patrick Fitznicoll dated 1659 within the nave. Aerial photograph shows cropmark of possible circular enclosure (diam. c. 90m) which is not visible at ground level. Site of St Patrick’s Well, where patterns were held on St Joseph’s day, 19th March lies c. 270m to ESE.
21-7-1988
HORETOWN SOUTH
OS 41:1:2 ‘St James’s Church, Grave Yard’ Possible parish church of Horetown within D-shaped graveyard (dims. 60m N-S; c. 40m E-W), defined by earthen bank (Wth c. 2m; ext. H 1.8-2.2m) on all sides except W where eighteenth- century Church of Ireland church stands. Lewis (1837, vol. 2, 9) records that ruins of Carmelite abbey which may have served as parish church used in building present Church of Ireland church. No visible remains of older foundation at ground level.
14-9-1988
INCH
OS 3:14:3 ‘Church, Grave Yd.’ Parish church of Inch, Barony of Gorey, Arklow, within subrectangular graveyard. Described as ruinous but chancel in repair in survey of 1630 (JRSAI 1927, 105). Site occupied by nineteenth-century Church of Ireland church. No visible remains of older structure at ground level.
2-7-1987
KAYLE
OS 40:6:2 ‘Church (in ruins), Grave Yd’ Parish church of Inch, Barony of Shelmaliere West, within sub circular enclosure defined by stone-clad earthen bank but with no evidence of burial. Widely spread walls of rectangular building oriented E-W (dims. 10.5m E-W; 4.3m N-S). Entrance with plain granite jamb in S wall. Regarded as possible site of early monastery of lnisdoimle founded by St Bairrfhinn early in Christian era. Site of Lady’s Well c. 250m to N.
15-9-1988
KERLOGE
OS 42:4:6 ‘Church (site of), Grave Yard’ Parish church of Kerloge. Described by Synnott writing c. 1680 as a former convent of the Knights Templars, it may be site of St Aloch’s Church mentioned in charter of Henry II in 1172 but this is disputed by Hore. Foundation course of wall (L 14.4m) oriented N-S thought to be remains of church but graveyard removed. St James’ Well c. 10m to S. Altar from here now erected outside Roman Catholic Church of the Assumption in Wexford town.
28-11-1988
KILCAVAN
OS 46:1:3 ‘Church (in ruins), Grave Yard.’ Parish church of Kilcavan, Bargy, within sub-circular graveyard. Nave (dims. 12.9m E-W; 9.5m N-S) and chancel (dims. 7.2m E-W; c. 6m N-S) with walls surviving complete except N wall of nave, and S and E walls of chancel which are totally destroyed. W gable has double bellcote and slit window. Pointed doorway of undressed stone towards W end of S wall.
Rounded chancel arch (Wth 2.06m; H 1.85m) and tomb niche on N chancel wall. St Cavan’s Well, where patterns were held on 12th June in nineteenth century lies c. 600m to SW.
21-9-1988
KILCAVANLOWER
OS 7:7:2 ‘Kilcavan Grave Yard’ Church ( site) Parish church of Kilcavan, Gorey, within rectangular graveyard. One length of wall running N-S (L 8.6m) is all that remains of the church. St Winifred’s Well, a natural spring, c. 240m to S.
16-7-1987
KILCORMICK
OS 21:5:5 ‘Church (in ruins), Grave Yd.’ Parish church of Kilcormick within sub circular graveyard (dims. 61m N-S; 55m E-W) defined by earthen bank. Foundations of N and S walls of building oriented E-W (L c. 20m; Wth c. 6.5m). Site of St Cormick’s Well, at which patterns were still celebrated on 22nd June in 1840 located c. 500m to SE.
19-8-1987
KILDAVINLOWER
OS 42:10:3 ‘Kildavin Church (in ruins), Grave Yd.’ Parish church of Kildavin within sub circular graveyard. Foundation courses of nave (int. dims. 10.4m E-W; 5.45m N-S) and chancel (int. dims. 5m E-W; 3.9m N-S) divided by destroyed chancel arch (Wth 1.82m). Single slit window and corbels towards E end of N nave wall, possibly for a rood screen. Rectangular granite font with its base within nave. Site of St Davin’s Well at which patterns were held on 1st August c. 150m to NW.
12-10-1988
KILGARVAN
OS 36:10:1 ‘Church (Site of), Grave Yard.’ Parish church of Kilgarvan originally within circular graveyard (diam. c. 60m), but bank removed E-W. Church foundations, described as L c. 18m and Wth c. 5m (O’Flanagan 1933, vol. 2, 47-8) and visible on aerial photograph were tidied up forming a pile of stones in 1975. One fragment of medieval grave-cover in graveyard. Site of St Garvan’s Well c. 250m to E.
5-10-1988
KILGORMAN
OS 7:8:2 ‘Kilgorman Church (site of), Grave Yard’ Parish church of Kilgorman within rectangular graveyard defined by earthen bank (dims. 33m N-S; 30m E-W) with raised central area (dims. 23m E-W; 18m N-S). O’Donovan records remains of church, now no longer evident. Recumbent slab with ringed cross in relief within graveyard. Mound site (64) c. l00m to SE. Site of Kilgorman Well adjacent to S;
20-7-1987
KILLESK
OS 39:12:1 ‘Church (Site of)’ Fortified church of Killesk. References to the quarter fee of Killesk date from 1324 and to the castle (1601) from 1568. References to church date from 1370. External remains consist of tower (dims. 8.3m N-S; 5.4m E-W) with projection to E (dims. 7.9m E-W; 6.9m N-S) which is a church, incorporating vaulted ground floor of the tower. Church had tall windows in E wall and towards E end of N and S walls (all destroyed). Entrance in S wall of tower protected by murder-ho1e, gives access to church and spiral stairs at SW comer which goes up to gallery under vault of tower. Mural stairs in S wall give access to wa1l-walk (destroyed) of church with oubliette off stairs. Spiral stairs continue to first floor of tower which had four lights and no fireplace. Second storey destroyed but garderobe chute still in evidence. Church against W side of rectangular enclosure (dims. 50m N-S; 32m E- W) defined by a slight bank or scarp but no evidence of burial.
24-8-1988
KILLIANE LITTLE
OS 43:13:1 ‘Church (in ruins)’ Parish church of Killiane within circular graveyard. Nave (dims. 9.35m NW-SE; 6.8m NE-SW) with good quoins and walls surviving almost complete and chancel (5.8m NW-SE; 5.75m NE-SW) surviving only as foundation courses except S corner. Nave has pointed doorways of uncut stone with hanging-eyes, towards Wend of N and S walls and small rectangular windows towards E end of N and S walls. Pointed chancel arch (Wth 1.4m; H 2.55m) survives complete. Bullaun stone i nave.
5-7-1988
KILLILLANE
OS 48:12:5 ‘Church (in ruins)’ Parish church of St Helens within triangular graveyard on promontory. Listed by Synnott c. 1680 (JRSAI 1862, 67). Rectangular structure (dims. 12.3m E-W; 6m N-S) with walls surviving to H of 1-2m, except S wall which may be rebuilt. Collapsed entrance (Wth 1.45m) at W. Small window towards E end of N wall. Deiifribed (The Past 1949, 44) as having had a narrow doorway with large lintel surmounted by small window in W wall. St Helen’s Well c. 75m to W.
27-6-1988
KILLINCOOLY BEG
OS 28:1:2 ‘Killincooly Church (Site of), Grave Yard’ Parish church of Killincooly within raised subrectangular graveyard (dims. 33m E-W; 31m N-S) curved at N and S. Church marked on 1841 OS 6-inch map. No visible traces at ground level. Granite stone (dims. 0.5m x 0.32m x 0.3m) with perforation and petal-like decoration in relief on one side. Two polished quartz bowls and fragment of stone cresset. St Mochain’s Well with modern superstructure lies c. 200m to NW.
23-10-1987
KILLISK
OS 27: 9: 1 ‘Church (in ruins)’ Parish church of Killisk within circular enclosure which is curtailed by laneway at S (dims. 39m E-W; 32m N-S) and defined by earthen bank (Wth 3-8m; H 0.3-0.7m). Grass-covered remains of nave (L 10.5m; Wth 8.5m) and chancel (L 7m; Wth 6m). Round chancel arch of uncut stone still stands. No evidence of burial. Site of St Bridget’s Well, located c. 350m to N.
3-5-1988
KILLURIN
OS 37;1:2 ‘Church (Site of), Grave Yard’ Parish church of Killurin within rectangular graveyard. O’Donovan records that the old church was removed c.1800 when present C of I church built. St Laurence’s Well, a rock pool with the capital of a column nearby, lies c. 350m S of church site.
23-9-1988
KILMACREE
OS 42:16:5 ‘Church (in ruins), Grave Yd.’ Parish church of Kilmacree within subrectangular graveyard. References date from 1541. Nave (int. dims. 12m E-W; 4.4m N-S) and chancel (int. dims. c. 4.5m E-W; 3.6m N-S) defined by low grass-covered walls (Wth 0.8-1.4m). Pointed chancel arch survives (Wth 1.4m; H 1.9m) with piers of dressed limestone and doorways (Wth 0.7m) towards W end of nave walls. Font now at Ballykelly (1336).
13-10-1988
KILMALLOCK
OS 32:3:3 ‘Church (Site of), Grave Yd.’ Parish church of Kilmallock within raised oval graveyard. Two small fragments of wall foundation of NW corner (dims. 6m E-W; 5m N-S). Site of St Mary’s Well, where patterns were held on 15th August in nineteenth century (O’F1anagan 1933, vol. 1,356) lies c. 350m to S.
27-10-1987
KILMUCKRIDGE
OS 22:13:1 ‘Church, Grave Yard’ Parish church of Kilmuckridge within D-shaped graveyard. Old church pulled down c. 1820 when present Church of Ireland church built. N o visible remains of old church at ground level. Site of Bride’s Well located c. 450m to SW.
17-8-1987
KILNAHUE
OS 6:16:1 ‘Kilnahue Burial Gr.’ Parish church of Kilnahue within oval graveyard defined by stone-revetted earthen bank (dims. 50m E-W; 44m N-S). Overgrown remains of stone building oriented E-W (dims. 20m E-W; 6.5m N-S). Cross-base to N of church. Souterrain (394) c.25m N of church.
12-6-1987
KILNAMANAGH LOWER
OS 21:15:1 Church ( site) Parish church of Kilnamanagh. Old church pulled down c. 1800. No visible traces at ground level. Holy well, a natural spring, adjacent.
10-9-1987
KILPATRICK
OS 21:8:Church (site) Marked as a graveyard on 1841 OS 6-inch map. Rectangular area (dims. 50m E-W; 47m N-S) defined by remains of earthen bank on all sides except W where there is a field fence and S where bank is intermittent. Remains of rectangular building (into dims. Co 11m x Co 4o5m) have disappeared since 1940s No record of burial.
9-9-1987
KILSCANLAN
OS 35:9:3 ‘Church (Site of)’ Probable parish church of Kilscanlan. Marked ‘site of church’ on 1841 OS 6-inch map. No visible traces of church or record of graveyard.
22-7-1988
KILSCORAN
OS 48:6:6 ‘Church (Site of), Grave Yd.’ Parish church of Kilscoran within rectangular graveyard. References to the church of Kilscoran date from later fourteenth century and O’Donovan says site now occupied by modern Church of Ireland church. No visible traces of older structure at ground level.
23-2-1988
KILTENNELL
OS 12:3:4 ‘Kiltennel Church (in ruins), Grave Yard’ Parish church of Kiltennel within D-shaped graveyard defined by earthen bank (NE-S-NW) with scarp down to stream forming straight side at N (dims. 40m E-W; 36m N-S). Single cell church. N and S walls of coarsed mortared shale remain (H 2m; int. L 15.3m; int. Wth 5.5m) with entrance (Wth 0.9m) towards Wend of S wall.
10-11-1987
KILTILLY
OS 5:13:6 ‘Church (site of)’ Southern edge of site destroyed in building farm outhouses when bones were found. Site consists of sub circular area defined by two very denuded and interrupted banks (max. ext. dims. 35m N-S; 33m E-W). No grave-markers. Tobermurry Well, a lintelled rectangular well, with modern granite cross (H 0.58m), lies just SE of site.
3-6-1987
KINNAGH
OS 45:2:1 ‘Church (in ruins), G. Yd.’ Parish church of Kinnagh within subrectangular graveyard. Only the foundation courses and rubble from the walls remain (dim~. 19.5m E-W; 8.1m N-S). E wall survives to H of 4m but window robbed. St Martin’s Well, still venerated, c. 600m to E.
27-11-1988
LADY’S ISLAND
OS 53:2:3 ‘Church (in ruins), Grave Yd.’Parish church of Lady’s Island within sub circular graveyard. Tradition that AugustinianCanons regulated pilgrimages here in Middle Ages. Plenary indulgence granted to pilgrims in early seventeenth century. Only W gable (oriented NE-SW; L 6.33m) with narrow window and double bellcote survives with adjoining portion of side walls. Fragment of three-light cusped ogee-headed window with glazing groove in graveyard. Separated from mainland by causeway guarded by tower house and double curtain wall. Our Lady’s Well which was part of the pilgrimage route lies c. 500m to E.
7-7-1988
MIDDLETOWN
OS 12:10:6 ‘St Mary’s Graveyard’ Parish church of Ardamine within rectangular graveyard. No visible remains at ground level. Head of plain Latin cross (H 0.65m; Wth 0.72m; T 0.16m) probably seventeenth century, protruding from ground at S end of graveyard. Adjacent to motte and bailey.
26-6-1987
MILLQUARTER
OS 30:14:2 ‘St Mary’s Church, G. Yd.’ Parish church of Old Ross within rectangular graveyard. Foundations of L-shaped wall to N of present church may be remains of old church. Cross-inscribed pillar in graveyard. Motte (955) c. 450m to NW.
1-7-1988
MONACAHEE
OS 39:16:5 ‘Church (in ruins), Burial Ground (disused)’ Possible parish church of Rathroe built within ringfort (347). Foundations of rectangular structure(dims. 22m ESE-WNW; 7m NNE-SSW) with entrance towards Wend of S wall. E end of church breaches its inner bank. No evidence of burial. Church remains may be post-medieval.
6-9-1988
MONEYHORE
OS 25:3:1
Church(site) Rectangular area (dims. 23m E-W; 19m N-S) with cairn (dims. 8m N-S; 4m E-W; H 0.4m) containing quartz stones. Also head of round-headed window in granite and two large granite voussoirs. No evidence of enclosure or burial. Nearby farmhouse has two portions of eight-sided cross. Stone cresset, presumably from site, now in County Museum, Enniscorthy.
17-8-1987
MONEYTUCKER
OS 25:6:6 ‘Church (in ruins), Grave Yd.’ Parish church of Rossdroit within subrectangular graveyard. Extensively restored E and W gables survive (int. L 16.2m; int. Wth c. 7.8m) but N and S walls missing. Crude window in E gable. Fragment of ogee-headed window on site.
25-8-1987
NASH
OS 35:13:5 ‘Church (Site of), Grave Yd.’ O’Donovan records foundation courses in evidence. No visible traces at ground level of church within rectangular graveyard. Site of St Colman’s Well c. 50m to W.
21-7-1988
NEWBAWN
OS 35:11:5 ‘Church (Site of), Grave Yd.’Grass-covered remains of W wall (L 5.1m), adjacent parts of N and S walls and some rubble within rectangular graveyard. Stoup on site.
26-7-1988
NEWTOWN (Carrick ED)
OS 37:11:4 ‘Carrick Church (in ruins), Grave Yard.’ Parish church of Carrick within rectangular graveyard. Dedicated to St Nicholas, references date from fourteenth century. Base of walls with uncut quoins survive to H 1-1.5m (int. dims. 13.6m E-W; 6m N-S). Entrance (Wth 0.85m) in N wall. Rectangular granite font almost buried inside entrance. Site of St Nicholas’ Well, at which patterns may have been held on 6th December (O’Flanagan 1933, vol. 1,357) lies in a ravine c. 150m to SE.
21-9-1988
NOOK
OS 44:2:1 ‘St Catherine’s Chapel (in ruins)’ Fortified church of 15th century. Rectangular structure (int. dims. 12.95m E-W; 6.25m N-S) surviving almost complete except N wall. E and W walls have base-batter. Opposing doorways towards W end, that on N now destroyed. Two rectangular windows in S wall with tall window to W of lintelled doorway in S wall (destroyed). E window is two-light with cusped ogee-head and tracery with glazing grooves. Mural stairs in W wall lead to gallery which had fireplace in W wall and to wall-walk at SW corer. No indication of burial. Within promontory fort (225).
13-10-1988
NORRISMOUNT
OS 16:1:3 ‘Church (in ruins)’ Described in 1961 as an undivided nave and chancel church (L c. 18m; Wth c. 6m) with corner buttresses and remains of porch towards Wend of S wall. Walls survived to H of c. 3m but no cut stone remained. Since destroyed. No record of burial or enclosure.
8-8-1987
PULLINSTOWN BIG
OS 19:8:4 ‘Grave Yard’ Present Church of Ireland edifice erected in 1815 but to S of it are grass-covered foundations of earlier building (12.5m E-W; 4.5m N-S) within subrectangular graveyard. Some cut stone, probably from pointed doorway recorded from site (OPW file).
22-7-1987
RATHASPICK
OS 42:7:5 ‘Site of Church, Grave Yard’ Parish church of Rathaspick within rectangular graveyard. References date from late fourteenth century (The Past 1920, 70). The church was dedicated to St Bridget in seventeenth century and was removed during 1820s when present C of I church built. No remains of earlier structure. Rectangular font and base on site. Dutchman’s Well or St Bridget’s Well located c. 250m to NE.
11-10-1988
RATHMACKNEE GREAT
OS 42:15:6 ‘Church (Site of)’ Parish church of Rathmacknee within subrectangular graveyard. Part of W wall (L 3.3m) and adjacent part of S wall (L 3.5m) survive to H of c. 0.5m. Adjacent to tower house and bawn (1542). Site of St Martin’s Well c. loom to NE. 42:29(01) 11-10-1989
RATHUMNEY
OS 40:9:1 ‘Church (Site of)’ Slightly raised square area (dims. 20m x 20m) within triangular graveyard. No visible remains of structure at ground level. Site of St Margaret’s Well c. 450m to NW.
8-9-1988
ROSSMINOGE NORTH
OS 11:2:1 ‘Rossminoge Church (in ruins), Grave Yard’ Parish church of Rossminoge within rectangular graveyard. Only W gable (L 6.7m) survives almost to apex with destroyed doorway in centre. Church appears as a sunken area (L 13m). In S corner of graveyard is ringed but unpierced head of a large granite high cross.
25-6-1986
RYLAND LOWER
OS 9:11:5 ‘Kilmyshall Grave Yard’ Foundations of small church (L 9m; Wth 6m) at E end of trapezoidal graveyard. Unfinished cresset nearby. St Mary’s Well, an oval drystone-walled structure at which pattern was held on 22nd July until c. 1810, lies c. 40m W of church within the graveyard.
11-5-1988
ST IBERIUS’
OS 48:14:6 ‘St. Iberius’ Church (in ruins), Grave Yard.’ Parish church of St Iberius’ parish within subrectangular graveyard. Only W gable (L 8.95m) with small window and base-batter, and parts of N and S walls, the latter with round-headed doorway of undressed stone, survive. O’Donovan describes nave (int. dims. 27ft x 15ft loin) and chancel (int. dims. 22ft 4in x 14ft 4in) with round chancel arch. Illustration by Wakeman in Hore.
28-6-1988
ST JOHN’S
OS 26:1:5 ‘Church (site of), Carrig Grave yard.’ Parish church of St John’s within rectangular graveyard. O’Donovan records foundations of church (L c. 9m; Wth c. 7m) known as Corrig church which have since disappeared.
2-10-1987
SAINTKIERANS
OS 45:10:5 ‘St Kieran’s Church (in ruins)’ Church Listed as a chapel of Tintern in 1552. Grass-covered foundations of E-W structure (dims. 18.6m E-W; 7.1m N-S; H c. 0.6m). Bullaun stone within church. No evidence of burial or enclosure but old tra9kway (Wth 6.4m) running E-W just S of church.
15-11-1988
SAINTLEONARDS
OS 45:2:6 ‘St Leonard’s Church (site of), Grave Yd. (disused)’ References date from 1552. Triangular area (dims. c. 35m E~W; c. 26m N-S) defined by road fence at S, stone wall at Wand earthen bank (Wth 3.2m; ext. H 0.6m; int. H 1.15m) at NE. Stone wall footing (L 22m) runs parallel with NE bank and separated from it by wet area (Wth 6m). No recognisable foundations or evidence of burial. Site of Toberernan located c. 300m to S.
27-11-1988
ST MARGARETS
OS 53:3:2 ‘Church (in ruins), Grave Yard’ Parish church of St Margaret’s within subrectangular graveyard. Nave (dims. 8.1m E-W; 7.2m N-S) and chancel (dims. 8.2m E-W; 5.45m N-S) with E gable almost complete and walls decreasing in H towards W (H 0.5m). Entrance on S side of nave possibly not original. No other feature in nave. Pointed chancel arch (Wth 1.63m; H 2.1m) leads to chancel
which has pointed E window (Wth c. Im; H 1.95m) with remains of tracery and hood-moulding. Three areas of collapse at side walls may have been windows. Although nave and chancel are of equal length outer courses of nave side walls overlap those of chancel (L 1.5m at S; 2.1m at N). St Margaret’s Well c. 400m to SSE.
16-7-1988
SANCTUARY
OS 47:4:6 ‘Church (Site of), Grave Yd.’ Parish church of Killinick. O’Donovan records that site of old church now occupied by modern one. No visible remains at ground level of older structure within small circular graveyard.
26-8-1988
SAUNDERSCOURT
OS 37:7:2 ‘Church (in Ruins), Grave Yard’ Parish church of Kilpatrick within D-shaped graveyard. Single cell rectangular building (dims. 13.9m E-W; 6.9m N-S) surviving to roof level. Doorway of two orders, early thirteenth century in date, originally from Ballynaslaney in W wall, (Lewis 1837, vol. 2, 198) with destroyed single bellcote. Four rectangular windows of two or three lights in N and S walls and large inserted mullioned and transomed window of sixteenth- or seventeenth-century date in E wall. St Patrick’s Well, a circular drystone-walled structure with steps, lies c. loom to E. Aerial photographs show
cropmarks of a roadway (L c. 200m) approaching E edge of graveyard from S.
28-9-1988
SEAFIELD
OS 7:15:1 ‘Church (Site of), Grave Yard’ Marked ‘church (site of)’ on 1841 and 1940 OS 6-inch maps, N o trace of this feature at ground level within D-shaped graveyard (dims. 58m N-S; 54m E-W) defined by earthen bank.
16-7-1987
TELLAROUGHT
OS 34:12:5 ‘Church (Site of), G. Yd.’ Parish church of Tellarought within rectangular graveyard. Marked ‘church (in ruins)’ on 1841 OS map and described as almost gone. No visible remains at ground level. Site of Lady’s Well nearby and St Bridget’s Well, which is still venerated, established in 1862 c. 100m SW of church site. Lewis (1837, vol. 2, 588) records that Tellarought was formerly an extensive settlement, remains of which were found in ploughing.
27-7-1988
TEMPLELUDIGAN
OS 24:9:2 ‘St Peter’s Church, Grave Yard’ Parish church of Templeludigan within sub circular graveyard. Record of buried foundations found in grave-digging. Nineteenth-century Church of Ireland church now removed. St Patrick’s Well, a corbelled and lintelled drystone- walled structure with steps, located c. 500m to E; now dry. Patterns were held on 17th March until c. 1820.
23-9-1987
TEMPLESHANNON
OS 20:13:6 ‘Church (in ruins), G. Yd.’ Romanesque parish church of Templeshannon with D-shaped graveyard defined by masonry wall. Nave and added chancel. Nave (L 13.1m; Wth 7.5m) walls survive to roof level except W and E which are partly rebuilt. Entrance in W wall (destroyed). Plain round-headed window in S wall at E end. Only E wall of chancel (L 11.4m; Wth 7.5m) survives with late rectangular mullioned granite window. Stoup and bullaun stone in nave.
11-5-1988
TEMPLETOWN
OS 49:12:2 ‘Church (in ruins), G. Yd.’ Fortified parish church of Templetown within rectangular graveyard. References date from 1541 when it was a rectory of the Knights Hospitallers of Kilcloggan (1528). Church has disappeared but described as having three pointed windows in E gable and was situated to S of surviving tower (dims. 7.08m E-W; 5.27m N-S). Blocked round-headed doorways of undressed stone in W and S walls at ground-floor level which has E-W barrel vault. Spiral stairs at SE corner to first floor where opening in E wall may have led to wall-walk of church. Portion of barrel vault against W wall over second floor is the only other original feature. Altered c. 1830 with insertion of ground-floor entrance at N, fireplace on ground floor, four large openings at second floor and modern, crenellations. Bullaun stone and medieval grave-cover within graveyard. Adjacent to earthwork site.
22-3-1986
TIKILLIN
OS 37:6:1 ‘Castle (in ruins)’ Church Parish church of Tikillin within rectangular graveyard. Grass-covered foundations of building (dims. 15.5m E-W; 6.85m N-S; max. H 1m) with S wall missing.
28-9-1988
TINCURRA
OS 41:12:2 ‘Church (in ruins), Grave Yard’ Parochial church of detached portion of Taghmon within a sub circular graveyard (dims. 38m N-S; 36m E-W) defined by stone-clad earthen bank with traces of fosse and outer bank at NE. Grass- covered foundations (H 0.5-1m) of E-W building (dims. 10.55m E-W; 4.9m N-S) with entrance towards W end of S wall. N wall extended to W (total L 13.25m) indicating possible second cell to W. Trinity Well 20m to E of enclosure.
13-9-1988
TINNACROSS
OS 20:3:6 ‘Kildenis Church (Site of)’ Church ( site) Circular area of which only half survives, defined by scarp SW-NE (dim. 40m) with portion of bank at NE. Vegetation change outside scarp may indicate silted fosse. No visible remains of church at ground level and no evidence of burial. Bullaun stone within enclosure.
16-9-1987
TINTERN
OS 45:10:1 ‘Church (in ruins), Grave Yard’ Capella ante portas (lay chapel) of Tintern Abbey within rectangular graveyard, probably rebuilt in later sixteenth century by Sir Anthony Colclough with stones from the Abbey. Good quoins. Undivided nave and chancel (dims. 14.05m E-W; 7.7m N-S) surviving complete with double bellcote added separately as extension to N side of W gable. Round-headed doorway in dressed sandstone with hood-moulding towards Wend of N wall. Triple lancet east window of old red sandstone, sandstone and shale, now blocked; two-light W window and destroyed S window. Joist-holes at Wend of church may have supported a gallery. Late sixteenth-century Colclough memorial on S wall and four late seventeenth-century slabs within church. Vault, now blocked, entered from
doorway on outside of W gable. Lady’s Well c. loom to W.
27-11-1988
TOMDUFF
OS 17:5:2 ‘Killenagh Church (Site of), Grave Yd. (disused)’ Parish church of Killenagh within subrectangular graveyard. Grass-covered banks mark site of undifferentiated church (L 26m; Wth 6m). Seventeenth-century graveslab of Walsingham family within church at E end.
28-7-1987
TOMGARROW
OS 15:13:1 ‘Church (in ruins), Grave Yd.’ Scarp (L 12m; H 0.3–0.5m) oriented ENE- WSW marks site of church within rectangular graveyard. Plain granite cross with semicircular cross-section and shaft narrowing towards intersection (H 0.67m; Wth 0.47m; max. T 0.2m), probably eighteenth century.
30-6-1987
TOMHAGGARD
OS 47:15:6 ‘Church (in ruins)’ Parish church of Tomhaggard withinrectangular graveyard. References date from early fourteenth century. Undivided nave and chancel (dims. 19.9m WNW-ESE; 6.45m NNE-SSW) with walls surviving complete apart from sections of N wall. Blocked doorway, originally pointed, in S wall and two windows in both S wall and N wall, none surviving complete. Double bellcote over ogee-headed
window in W gable and three-light cusped ogee-headed tracery window in E. Pointed aumbry on S and Easter Sepulchre on N wall at E end. Single corbels on N and S walls, 7m from E end probably for rood screen. St Anne’s Well, still venerated and where patterns were held on 26th July, and St James’ Well which had pattern on 25th July lie c. 60m to SW and adjacent to Mass house and tower
house.
15-8-1988
WHITECHURCH
OS 39:2:2 ‘Church’ Church ( site) Parish church of Whitechurch within rectangular graveyard. Described by Robert Leigh in 1684 as being in poor repair. No remains of original church. Fragment of medieval
grave-cover with raised cross and fleur-de-lis terminals, in graveyard.
11-8-1988
WILKINSTOWN
OS 36:7:3 ‘Whitechurch Grave Yard’ Church (site)’ church of Whitechurchglynn within D-shaped graveyard. No record of church or visible remains apart from rectangular granite font (dims. 0.58m x 0.51m; H 0.26m). Lady’s Well, a natural spring, lies c. 250m to S,
12-8-1988
YOLETOWN
OS 40:6:5 ‘Church (in ruins), Grave Yd.’ Parish church of Owenduff within subrectangular graveyard with curved edge S-W. Rectangular building (dims. 20m E-W; 6.32m N-S) with walls almost complete to roof level (H c. 2m) except embrasures in N and S walls. Large window in E wall robbed. W wall reduced to grass-covered foundations. All cut stone removed. Drawbar-hole in E side of doorway survives in S wall. Circular granite font within church.
15-9-1988
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