Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Graveyard
Ballynacourty, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballynacourty
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.15990, -10.07561
- SMR number
- KE044-063001-
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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
Ballynacourty Church: The church is mentioned in the Desmond Inquisition in 1584 and is included in a list of parochial churches in the diocese in 1622 (TCD Ms 2158, 94). It was in ruins by 1756 (Smith, 69) and no trace of it remained in 1841 (OSL). The building stood in a rectangular graveyard c. 1km NW of the village of Anascaul.
The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 989. 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
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
- Burnt spreadunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.