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Graveyard

Limerick City, County Limerick, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Graveyard, Limerick City, County Limerick, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Limerick City
County
Limerick
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Grave Yard
Latest-edition OS map
G. Yd. (Dis)
Coordinates
52.66551, -8.62211
SMR number
LI005-078002-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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)
  • 1904 · Sheet 13. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

The site of the medieval church (LI005-078001-) dedicated to St. Michael stood inside St. Michael's graveyard which consists of a rectangular shaped area (approx. dims. 36m N-S x 32m E-W ) enclosed by a post-1700 stone wall. Described by Westropp (1904-5, 359) as following; 'The parish church of St. Michael the Archangel, entirely destroyed in the times of Cromwell, lay near the walls outside the West Water Gate, 1658. The saint's day was 29th September. (White MSS.) Site It was long since levelled. The view in the 1590 map shows a building with a side aisle and a battlemented tower. The cemetery remains in James's Street, near Bank Place. Monument - Rev. Dr. E. Wright, Archdeacon, 1790'.

Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien

Date of upload: 26 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

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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