Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ecclesiastical site
Murher, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Murher
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.48990, -9.39494
- SMR number
- KE006-015002-
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 1753 "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated NE of the Galey river. 'The 8th century Genealogy of the Ciarraige refers to Mag nAirthir (Murher) in North Kerry, in the lands of the Ciarraige Luachra, as a church site which was founded by Bishop Fáelán of the local ruling dynasty.' Hurley (1982, 329).
The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 832. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 3 August 2013
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rath2 mi
- Earthwork2 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.