Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Church
Kildellig, County Laois, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kildellig
- County
- Laois
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Kildellig Church (Site of)
- Coordinates
- 52.90704, -7.54996
- SMR number
- LA022-022002-
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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
St Ernan or Senan is the patron saint of Kyledellig and is commemorated on the 1st. January. It is recorded as the 'Rectoria de Delgy' in thirteenth and fourteenth-century entries in the Red Book of Ossory. Thady O'Brien was appointed to the Parish in 1491 and Donald O'Phelan in 1525 (Carrigan 1905, vol. 2, 64). According to Carrigan (ibid.) it was a very small church (L c .11m), and in 1862 its E gable and S wall were knocked down and the material used in the construction of the surrounding rectangular graveyard (LA022-022003-) wall. The foundations of a rectangular church, now barely visible, survive. A slight curve in the field bank E of the graveyard may indicate the remains of an enclosure (LA022-022001-).
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Laois' (Dublin Stationery Office, 1995) compiled by P. David Sweetman, Olive Alcock and Bernie Moran. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 17 December 2007
Nearby in the register
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Ecclesiastical enclosureunder 1 mi
- Castle - motteunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.