Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Church
Castleroberts, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Castleroberts
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- SMR number
- LI021-132----
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The National Monuments Service's description
The precise location of Castleroberts Church has not been identified. In 1865 it was recorded that 'The ruins of this church, and of part of the old castle (LI021-037----), were pulled down for materials to build a bridge (LI021-036----) over the Maigue at Castle Roberts, about seventy or eighty years ago (c. 1785-95)' (Dunraven 1865, 270).
Westropp (1904-5, 380) recorded the following details on Castleroberts Church; 'An ancient parish now merged, "De Castro Roberti, 1291, 1410,1418, and 1615 a. Its manor often appears with Adare, q.v. 1290-1293 (C.S.P.I., vol. iii.). In 1317, Blanche, widow of John fitz Thomas, had a suit with Thomas, Earl of Kildare, for dower on Roberde's Castle, Adare, Cromoth, Grene, and Estgrene manors (Mem. R., vol. ii., m. 13). It was a chapel of Adare, 1418'.
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 02 January 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.
Dunraven, the Countess of 1865 Memorials of Adare manor. With historical notices of Adare, by the earl of Dunraven E.R.W. WyndhamQuin.