Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Church
Freemount, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Freemount
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- St Johns Catholic Church (1937)
- Coordinates
- 52.27644, -8.88127
- SMR number
- CO006-125----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
In Freemount. T-shaped church (long axis N-S) with arms at S end; walls rendered; slim pointed window opes. Door ope in N entrance gable, and side doors in transepts concealed behind added porches. Date plaque in front wall inscribed: 'Rev. Rob. O'Riordan 1842'. Galleries in transepts and nave; altar at S end, timber A-frame roof. Recently refurbished.
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
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.