Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Church
St. Margaret'S, County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- St. Margaret'S
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- St. Margarets Church (in ruins)
- Coordinates
- 53.43309, -6.29995
- SMR number
- DU014-002001-
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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
The remains of the medieval parish church lie in the W end of a graveyard N of St. Margaret's village. This site has been described as the 'old church' in the Civil survey (1654-6) see Anon 1897, 450-51; Simington 1945, 209; Tutty 1979, 155-157). The church was originally called Donaghmore and probably fell into ruin between 1630 and 1650 (Walsh 1888, 155). Only the western portion survives. It is built of rough masonry with some evidence for re-building. The N jamb of the W window is present. There are traces of a doorway in the N wall. The SW angle has been robbed of it's quoins (Dims. H of wall c. 1.80-3m, thickness of wall 0.82m). There is a possible buttress against the NW angle. It is extremely overgrown and has been subject to mortar wash-out.
Compiled by: Geraldine Stout
Updated by: Christine Baker
Date of upload: 21 January 2015
References
Tutty, M.J. 1979 Dunsogley Castle and St. Margarets Well. Dublin Historical Record 32, 155-7.
Simington, R.C. (ed.) 1945 The Civil survey, AD 1654-1656. Vol. VII: county of Dublin. Dublin. Irish Manuscripts Commission.
Anon. 1897b Proceedings. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 27, 446-60.
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.