Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Graveyard
Clonagh, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Clonagh
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Grave Yard
- Latest-edition OS map
- Grave Yd. (1923)
- Coordinates
- 52.51659, -9.00182
- SMR number
- LI028-066003-
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 ruins of Clonagh Church (LI028-066002-) stands in centre of irregular shaped graveyard (approx. dims. 60m N-S x 50m E-W) enclosed by post-1700 stone wall with entrance gate at N end of W wall.
Begley (1906, 112) described the site as '(Cluianeach, i.e., insular meadow of horses). The church is built on an elevated position, and in former times the land around it used to be flooded, which accounts for the first part of the name. It consists of a nave and choir,
the walls of the former indicate great age, but the choir arch is modern and may have been added on after the coming of the Normans. Near this church is a holy well [LI028-067----] dedicated to St. Ciaran of Clonmacnoise, whose feast is still kept on the 9th of September in the modern parish of Coolcappa'.
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 08 January 2019
References
ASIAP - Archaeological Survey of Ireland Aerial Photographs (c. 1996 - c. 2010).
Begley, J. 1906 The Diocese of Limerick ancient and medieval. Dublin.
Nearby in the register
- Ecclesiastical enclosureunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Road - hollow-wayunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.