Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Church
Whiteswall, County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Whiteswall
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.82331, -7.57781
- SMR number
- KK003-002001-
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 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
In rolling grassland, on the E side of gently rising land and at the N end of a slight N-S ridge. A ringfort (KK003-001----) is located immediately N of the graveyard. According to Carrigan (1909, vol. 2, 280) there is a 'most ancient graveyard here, called the "Churchyard of Ballyphillip." The foundations of the church remain under the surface, only one stone in situ, and that is part of the east gable, now appearing over the ground. A large hole, made by treasure-seekers, marks the interior of the ancient teampull'. He also states that there is 'no memory of a pattern or patron saint. Tradition, however, makes St. Bridget an occasional visitor here, and this would, perhaps, tend to show that the church had been dedicated to her’. Within a much overgrown graveyard (KK003-002002-) there are slight traces of the foundations of a church, aligned E-W, in the interior.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 7 September 2015
References
Carrigan, Rev. W. 1905 (Reprint 1981) The history and antiquities of the diocese of Ossory, 4 vols. Kilkenny. Roberts Books and Wellbrook Press.
Nearby in the register
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.