Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Graveyard
Townparks (balrothery East By.), County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Townparks (balrothery East By.)
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Grave Yd.
- Latest-edition OS map
- Grave Yard
- Coordinates
- 53.57368, -6.10529
- SMR number
- DU005-031002-
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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1799 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
The church (DU005-031001-) and graveyard (DU005-031002-) of Holmpatrick (Inis Pádraig/Patrick's Island) stands 720m to the S of Skerries and 200m W of the Dublin coast with St. Patrick's Island (DU005-019----) 2.1km to the NE. Present remains consist of a large irregular-shaped area (Dims. c. 60m sq. ) enclosed by post-1700 stone wall on the SW end of a prominent ridge overlooking Skerries village and the E coast. The graveyard is on three levels, the oldest section is the highest where the 18th-century bell-tower stands on the site of the medieval church (DU005-031001-) and Augustinian Priory (DU005-031----). The graveyard contains three 16th century tombstones (DU005-031003/004/005-) and a single 17th century headstone (DU005-031006-), the majority of the grave markers date from the 18th-20th centuries. Medieval floor tiles were recovered from a grave 37m ENE of the extant 18th century tower (Baker 2002, 143). Possible remnants of the 18th-century church fabric have been incorporated into the upper graveyard wall. Graveyard is still in use.
Compiled by: Geraldine Stout
Updated by: Christine Baker
Revised by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of revised upload: 13 March 2023
References
Baker, C. 2002 Medieval Tiles from Holmpatrick Graveyard, Skerries Co. Dublin. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland. Vol. 132, 143-147.
Fingal Historic Graveyards Project 2008, Vols. 1 and 2 http://www.fingal.ie/planning-and-buildings/heritage-in-fingal/heritage-and-communities/historic-graveyards/
Nearby in the register
- Religious house - Augustinian canonsunder 1 mi
- Fontunder 1 mi
- Tomb - table tombunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.