Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Church
Mogeely, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Mogeely
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Mogeely Church (in Ruins) (1934)
- Coordinates
- 51.93234, -8.05561
- SMR number
- CO066-034002-
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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 centre of graveyard (CO066-03401-), fragmentary remains of rectangular church (c. 18.6m E-W; 8.6m N-S). W wall entirely gone; remaining walls in poor structural condition and ivy-clad. Part of W ingoing of doorway near W end of S wall; collapsed central ope in E wall, described by Coleman (1907-9d) as 'two-light lancet window intact'. Many chest tombs and headstones in interior, Coleman (ibid) notes inscriptions dated 1701 & 1704 here. Parish church of Mogeely which, according to Lewis (1837, vol. 2,13), 'was destroyed in the war of 1641'.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). 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
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Road - road/trackwayunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.