Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Church
Lyrath (Gowran By., Clara ED), County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lyrath (Gowran By., Clara ED)
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Site of Lyrath Ch.
- Latest-edition OS map
- Lyrath Church (Site of)
- Coordinates
- 52.64661, -7.19916
- SMR number
- KK020-028----
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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1911 · Sheet 14, 1911 (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
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The National Monuments Service's description
In the grounds of Lyrath House hotel, c. 170m SW of the hotel. The church is indicated on the Down Survey (1655-6) barony map of Gowran (Hibernia Regnum, courtesy of Trinity College Dublin). It is depicted on the 1st (1839) ed. OS 6-inch map and 1900 revision as the site of Lyrath church, implying that it had been levelled by the early 19th century.
See attached:
KK020-028----_01 extract from the Down Survey (1655-6) barony map of Gowran, County Kilkenny (Hib. Reg., courtesy of Trinity College Dublin)
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 24 November 2020
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- House - 17th centuryunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.