Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Church
Glassely, County Kildare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Glassely
- County
- Kildare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.03186, -6.86871
- SMR number
- KD032-037001-
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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
In a graveyard (KD032-037004-) which also contains fragments of a Fitzgerald chest tomb (KD032-037002-) and cross (KD032-037003-). According to Fitzgerald (1912-14b, 1913, 82), the ‘ancient church of Glassealy’ was dedicated to St. Patrick, and, ‘… in pre-Reformation times the tithes of Glassealy formed a portion of those of the Rectory of Norrach, now Narraghmore, which belonged to the Nunnery of “Tymolynbegg” or Timolin [KD036-025002-].’ Only the foundation line of portion of the S wall of the church survives (traceable L 4.1m E-W; T 0.85m; H 0.2m) running W from a subterranean Fitzgerald burial vault. A single earthfast stone to the N may be the remains of the outer face of the N wall, which would give an external width of 7.15m for the church.
Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy
Date of upload: 30 October 2013
References
FitzGerald, Lord W. 1912-14, Glassealy and its tenants. Journal of the Kildare Archaeological Society 7, 82-117.
Nearby in the register
- Tomb - chest tombunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Crossunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.