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Church

Dromore (Inchiquin By.), County Clare, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Church, Dromore, County Clare, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Dromore (Inchiquin By.)
County
Clare
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Kilvake Church (in ruins)
Latest-edition OS map
Kilvakee Church (in Ruins) (1920)
Coordinates
52.92812, -8.95027
SMR number
CL026-001001-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1753 map "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1753 · Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Situated on the W bank of the river Fergus, within Dromore Wood. Described by Westropp (1900-02, 142) as 'rudely built foundations remaining in Dromore and named 'Kilvakee Church' on the 1920 OS 6-inch map. A rectangular structure (int. dims. 9.6m E-W; 5.35m N-S) defined by the base of masonry walls (T 0.9m; max. H 2m at the W end of the N wall). There is an alcove (Wth 0.9m; D 0.55m) and a shelf on the W wall, but no doorway or window can be identified. Cairn material (H 0.4-1m) has been cleared back from the inside of the wall, leaving a space (Wth 0.4-0.6m) between it and the original wall. It is regarded locally as a penal church (Swinfen 1992, 20), and it is indicated on the 1842 ed. of the OS 6-inch map within a large enclosure (CL026-001002-). There is no evidence of this feature at ground level.

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 28 November 2016

References

Swinfen, A. 1992 Forgotten stones: Ancient church sites of the Burren and environs. Dublin. Lilliput Press.

Large, S. 2011 A church and graveyard survey in County Clare. Database and photographic record. Clare County Council. Clare Heritage Forum. The Heritage Council.

Westropp, T.J. 1900-02 The churches of Co. Clare and the origin of the ecclesiastical divisions in that county. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, Series 3, vol. 6, 100-180.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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