Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Graveyard
Limerick City, County Limerick, Ireland
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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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
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
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Quayunder 1 mi
- Excavation - miscellaneousunder 1 mi
- Mill - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.