Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Hermitage
Jamesgreen, County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Jamesgreen
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.64876, -7.25772
- SMR number
- KK019-025004-
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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
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
There is a tradition that St Rioc, also known as Rioch or Rock, lived here as a hermit in the 5th century and that his followers founded a church at this location (O'Carroll 1974, 57). The precise location of this hermitage is unknown within the general area of St Rioc's church (KK019-025001-), graveyard (KK019-025002-) and holy well (KK019-025003-).
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 28 September 2020
References
O'Carroll, J. 1974 St. Rioch's churchyard. Old Kilkenny Review 6, no. 1, 57-8.
Nearby in the register
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Stone sculptureunder 1 mi
- Architectural fragmentunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.