Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Church
Rockstown, County Limerick, Ireland
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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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
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
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- House - 16th/17th centuryunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.