Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Graveyard
Clonshire More, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Clonshire More
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Grave Yard
- Latest-edition OS map
- Grave Yard (1923)
- Coordinates
- 52.55043, -8.83983
- SMR number
- LI021-029002-
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
Clonshire parish church (LI021-029001-) known locally as Templenacille stands in S quadrant of a rectangular shaped graveyard (approx. dims. 65m N-S x 40m E-W ) enclosed by a post-1700 stone wall with entrance gate in S wall. The graveyard contained the shafts of two very ancient crosses (LI021-029003-/004-) in 1834 (Lewis 1837, 380).
This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 2/2010).
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 11 December 2018
References
Lewis, S. 1837 A topographical dictionary of Ireland, 2 vols. London. Lewis and Co.
Nearby in the register
- Crossunder 1 mi
- Crossunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.