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Church

Tooreennagrena (Bear By.), County Cork, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Church, Tooreennagrena, County Cork, 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
Tooreennagrena (Bear By.)
County
Cork
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
St Peters Catholic Church (1935)
Coordinates
52.28956, -9.14429
SMR number
CO004-058----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1883 · Ireland 3. (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

In Rockchapel. Rectangular church (long axis E-W) with transepts added at W end making it T-shaped in plan. Built of random-rubble sandstone with limestone quoins. Pointed stone-arched windows in N and S walls. Flat-arched doorway in entrance gable to E. Side entrances with porches on E side of both transepts. Pair of pointed windows with limestone surrounds in each gable. Bellcote atop S transept gable. Sacristy added to W gable making overall plan cruciform. Interior has wooden panelled ceiling.

The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.

Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

Nearby in the register

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

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