Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ecclesiastical site
Baile An Chnocáin (tc An Cnoc Glas), County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Baile An Chnocáin (tc An Cnoc Glas)
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.23016, -9.91702
- SMR number
- KE036-016----
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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
The parish church (KE036-016001-) and graveyard (KE036-016002-) of Kilgobban/Cill Gobáin lie about 125m from the sea-shore on the S side of Tralee Bay. There is no visible trace of any Early Christian remains or of the parish church mentioned in the Papal Taxation List for the diocese of Ardfert, 1302-1307 (Cal Docs Ire, V, 295). In 1615, both the 'church and chancel' were 'well' (Royal Visitation) and the building was still in repair in 1756 (Smith, 70). This church was probably demolished when the present Church of Ireland edifice was erected at the site in 1824. An oval, limestone font (KE036-016003-) preserved within the church bears the inscription W COLLIS RECTOR 1729. The townland directly W of the site is named Tonakilly/Tón na Cille and the name Bunatemple/Bun an Teampaill is applied to a spot on the nearby sea-shore.
The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 819. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 7 August 2013
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.