Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Church
Killinure (upperwoods By.), County Laois, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Killinure (upperwoods By.)
- County
- Laois
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.04717, -7.55290
- SMR number
- LA011-023----
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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
The location of this possible church cannot be precisely located as recorded by Carrigan who stated in 1905 that 'the site of this church, which, like several other churches in Upperwoods, was probably of wood, cannot be pointed out' (Carrigan 1905, vol. 2, 152). According to Carrigan the townland name is derived from the Church of the yew tree (Carrigan 1905, vol. 2, 152). A font (LA011-005/LA011-023002-) now at Burke's cross originally came from this unlocated church site (Carrigan 1905, vol. 2, 152). It may be possible that the R. C. church at Killanure was built on the site of an earlier church which may explain the finding of the font on the site of the R. C. church.
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload/revision: 15 September 2010
Nearby in the register
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Fontunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Font (present location)under 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.