Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Church
Knockaunmore, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Knockaunmore
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- SMR number
- KE021-053003-
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The National Monuments Service's description
Abbeydorney Monastery (in ruins) (KE021-053001-) is situated half a mile NE of Abbeydorney village. According to local tradition, SE of this abbey lies an earlier graveyard (KE021-053002-) and possibly a church (KE021-053003-). The area was known as Oilean na nGé (island of the geese) (Pierse 1976, 19). Though a small monastery, Kyrie Eleison was rich and powerful; its abbots were Lords of Parliament.
The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 968. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 3 August 2013
References
Toal, C. 1995 North Kerry Archaeological Survey. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority.
Pierse, J.H. 1976 Abbeydorney Monastery, Co. Kerry — the Canon Power manuscript. North Munster Antiquarian Journal XVIII, 14-30.