Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Graveyard
Church Island, County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Church Island
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.04976, -7.71472
- SMR number
- LE025-060002-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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)
- 1922 · Ireland - northern section. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
There are references to a burial place reserved for the O'Rourkes associated with the church (LE025-060001-) (OS Name Book), but there is no evidence of burial on the island.
Date of upload: 6 July, 2017
References
OSNB - Ordnance Survey Name Books. Pro-forma books arranged by Civil Parish for recording townland and other name-forms and compiled in the course of the OS 6-inch survey 1824-1841. The name books also include minor names and incidental references to antiquities. National Archives of Ireland.
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Buildingunder 1 mi
- Bullaun stoneunder 1 mi
- Crannogunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.