Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Church
Kilkieran (gowran By., Kilkieran Ed), County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilkieran (gowran By., Kilkieran Ed)
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Site of Kilkieran Church
- Latest-edition OS map
- Kilkieran Church (Site of)
- Coordinates
- 52.69663, -7.19617
- SMR number
- KK015-007001-
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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
On the SW side of a hillock standing above rolling grassland. According to Carrigan (1905, vol. 3, 280-81), the old parish church of Kilkieran, 'dedicated, presumably, to St. Kieran of Ossory, stood on the roadside, to the left, as one goes from Carrigeen to Sandfordcourt. It was destroyed long ago and not a trace of it now remains'. There is a graveyard (KK015-007002-) associated with the church. There is no visible trace of the church at ground level.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 23 February 2016
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
- Quarryunder 1 mi
- Water mill - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Moundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.