Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Church
Townparks (longford By.), County Longford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Townparks (longford By.)
- County
- Longford
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Church
- Coordinates
- 53.76541, -7.83680
- SMR number
- LF008-035----
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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
At the SW end of Newtown Forbes, within the W half of a graveyard (LF008-035001-). According to Lewis (1837, vol. 1, 365), this church was built around 1694. The Forbes family records indicate that the first Earl of Granard, who died in 1696, 'built from the foundation the Church of Newtown Forbes, where, in a vault under the Church, he and his family have since been buried' (Hastings 1868, 69). Described by Nicholas Dowdall in 1682 as ‘a fair and Large Church Sumptuously adorned’ (Gillespie and Moran 1991, 208). This church may have been incorporated into the present 19th-century church. There is a 17th-century headstone (LF008-035002-) to the S of it.
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 5 June 2013
Nearby in the register
- Headstoneunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Historic townunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.