Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Graveyard
Ennisnag, County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ennisnag
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Grave Yard
- Latest-edition OS map
- Grave Yard
- Coordinates
- 52.54504, -7.22646
- SMR number
- KK027-020002-
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
N of the Kings River, near Ennisnag Bridge, in the SE quadrant of a crossroads. A graveyard associated with the medieval church of Ennisnag (KK027-020001-) which, according to Carrigan (1905, vol. 3, 374), ‘became a ruin soon after the Reformation, and was taken down about 1820, to supply materials for the present Protestant Church, which stands at its west end. Its patron was St. Mogue, whose feast day was celebrated on the 14th Feb.’. On the 1st (1839) ed. OS 6-inch the graveyard is indicated but does not seem to be enclosed, however, on the 25-inch OS map the graveyard is shown as extending from the stream, which forms the NE and E side, to the road in the W (dims. c. 113m E-W; c. 36m N-S). This stream flows into the Kings River c. 30m to the S. A road also runs along the NW boundary of the graveyard.
Within the graveyard there are two medieval graveslabs (KK027-020003-/KK027-020004-).
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 27 March 2023
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
- Graveslabunder 1 mi
- Graveslabunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.