Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Graveyard
Killonahan, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Killonahan
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Grave Yd.
- Latest-edition OS map
- Grave Yard (1923)
- Coordinates
- 52.55647, -8.70585
- SMR number
- LI021-067002-
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
Medieval church site (LI021-067001-) of Killonahan stood in centre of graveyard which consists of a rectangular-shaped area (approx. dims. 34m N-S x 45m E-W) enclosed by post-1840 stone wall with entrance gate at S. Graveyard boundary depicted as a circular shaped feature, probably an earthen bank on the 1840 ed. OS 6-inch map. Site of St. Senan's Well (LI021-068----) lies 250m to E. The Ordnance Survey described the graveyard in 1840 as following; 'There is an extensive graveyard which looks old and is not much in use. Elder, whitethorn and ash trees are growing in it. The locality of this church is high ground' (OSL vol. 2, 391).
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 26 July 2019
References
OSL - Ordnance Survey Letters. Letters written by members of the Ordnance Survey's 'Topographical Department' (T. O'Conor, A. O'Curry, E. Curry, J. O'Donovan and P. O'Keeffe) sent to headquarters from the field (1834-41). MSS in Royal Irish Academy.
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Ecclesiastical enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.