Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy tree/bush
Killiney, County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Killiney
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.25470, -6.11613
- SMR number
- DU026-013004-
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 1799 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
The church is located on the Marino Avenue West, leading E off Killiney Hill road. Wakeman (1892, 101-103) describes a 'boreen' that once provided access to the church at Killiney. On the left hand side of this 'boreen' he describes a cairn, or altar, by which stood an old thorn tree. This was considered to be sacred by the local population. There is no trace of this tree.
Compiled by: Geraldine Stout and Padraig Clancy.
Revised upload on: 14 April 2018.
References
Wakeman, W.F. 1892 Ante - Norman churches in the county of Dublin. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 22, 101-6.
Nearby in the register
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Crossunder 1 mi
- Inscribed stoneunder 1 mi
- Crossunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.