Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Graveyard
Limerick City,glebe (limerick Municipal Borough), County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Limerick City,glebe (limerick Municipal Borough)
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Grave Yard
- Latest-edition OS map
- Killeely Grave Yard (1938)
- Coordinates
- 52.67561, -8.63707
- SMR number
- LI005-015002-
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
Westropp (1904-5, 364) recorded the following details about Killeely; 'Attributed on late "authority" to St. Lelia the virgin, sister of St. Munchin; her day was August 11th. John Pincerna warranted the lands of Killele to Bishop Hubert, 1250 (B.B.L., p. 50). Kilheil, 1302. Priorsland, to the north of Thomond Bridge, and Ffarrenykilly belonged to St. Mary's House. It was the glebe land of the rector of Kileely, and held by the parson, March, 1615 (Inq., p. 163). Fabric - The walls and gables stood in ruins in 1657 (Petty, p. 63). The graveyard alone remains'.
Medieval church site of Killeely (LI005-015001-) stood inside Killeely graveyard which consists of a large sub-triangular shaped area (approx. dims. 68m NW-SE x 85m NE-SW) enclosed by post-1700 stone wall with entrance gate at W. Graveyard contains memorials dating from the 18th century onwards.
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 25 July 2019
References
Westropp, T.J. 1904-5 A survey of the ancient churches of Co. Limerick. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy 25C, 327-479.
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.