Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Graveyard
Townparks (ballyshannon Ed), County Donegal, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Townparks (ballyshannon Ed)
- County
- Donegal
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Outlined
- Latest-edition OS map
- Grave Yd.
- Coordinates
- 54.50296, -8.19393
- SMR number
- DG107-053005-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1881 "Ireland to Illustrate the Military Condition of the Country." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
According to local tradition the first church in Ballyshannon was built by Sir Henry Foliot was constructed beside the Erne in Market Yard. It was not until 1691 that the church was moved to its present site at Mullaghnashee (Bradley & Dunne 1989, 22). The present building was erected in 1841 and incorporates an eighteenth century core (Rowan 1979, 127).
Nearby in the register
- Graveslabunder 1 mi
- Graveslabunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Bastioned fortunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.