Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Church
Mountgale, County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Mountgale
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- SMR number
- KK018-079001-
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The National Monuments Service's description
According to Carrigan (1905, vol. 3, 446), 'a church and a village, both now obliterated, stood here in former times. The site is pointed out in a field broken up with mounds and trenches'. Writing about Mountgale townland, O'Kelly (1969, 9) notes that, 'the Kyle i.e. Cill, a church, is a field here and Faiche na manách, the monks' green, is a field adjoining'. The precise location of this church within the townland is unknown.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 7 July 2020
References
Carrigan, Rev. W. 1905 (Reprint 1981) The history and antiquities of the diocese of Ossory, 4 vols. Kilkenny. Roberts Books and Wellbrook Press.
O'Kelly, O. 1969 (Reissue 1985) The place-names of County Kilkenny. Kilkenny.