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Church

Donaghmore, County Kildare, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Church, Donaghmore, County Kildare, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Donaghmore
County
Kildare
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Donaghmore Church
Latest-edition OS map
Donaghmore Church (in Ruins)
Coordinates
53.37688, -6.55314
SMR number
KD006-005003-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1799 map "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. C. Kon: Ireland. a. Prov: Leinster. Counties: 1-12 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

In the S sector of a graveyard (KD006-005004-) on an early monastic site (KD006-005001-). The poorly preserved, ivy-clad remains of a rectangular structure built of uncoursed limestone blocks (wall T 0.9m). An account by Lord Walter Fitzgerald (1903-5, 26-28) contains a ground plan showing a nave (dims. L c. 9.9m ESE-WNW; Wth c. 5.1m) and chancel (dims. L c. 4.9m ESE-WNW; Wth c. 3.7m) with breaks in the N and S walls of the nave, and the information that the ruins were repointed in 1892 by order of the Duke of Leinster. A segmented, pointed rubble arch (Wth 2.4m; H 2.7m) of thin flagstones in the E wall of the nave gave access to the chancel which has been levelled since, and the area is now occupied by a large grave plot. The W gable of the nave is surmounted by a small bellcote and has a narrow loft light with a square head and internal splay. The interior contains numerous headstones. Displaced limestone door jambs mentioned in an earlier Fitzgerald account (1896-99, 156) were not located.

Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy

Date of upload: 10 June 2011

References

FitzGerald, Lord W. 1903-5 Carton. Journal of the Kildare Archaeological Society 4, 2-34.

FitzGerald, Lord W. 1896-9 Queries. Journal of the Kildare Archaeological Society 11, 158.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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