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Church

Rockstown, County Limerick, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Church, Rockstown, 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
Rockstown
County
Limerick
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Rockstown Church (in ruins)
Latest-edition OS map
Rockstown Church (in Ruins) (1923)
Coordinates
52.56476, -8.55584
SMR number
LI022-109001-

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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

Ballynacarrig or Rockstown Church ruins stand in NE corner of graveyard (LI022-019002-) described in 1840 as following; 'This church, which, in older times, was a friary, is now a ruin, overgrown with ivy. It is about 40 feet [12m] long by 20 feet [6m] wide, and is about 6 feet [1.8m] high. Attached to it is a graveyard, with some trees planted in and about it' (OSNB, 707). A stone plaque in the church wall reads: Here rests what remains of James Barry of Friarstown and his wife Anatisa 5th in descent of David Barry of same, 1655.

Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien

Date of upload: 03 January 2019

References

OSNB - Ordnance Survey Name Books. Pro-forma books arranged by Civil Parish for recording townland and other name-forms and compiled in the course of the OS 6-inch survey 1824-1841. The name books also include minor names and incidental references to antiquities. National Archives of Ireland.

Nearby in the register

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

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