Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Church
Monaster South, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Monaster South
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Church (in ruins)
- Latest-edition OS map
- Church (in Ruins) (1927)
- Coordinates
- 52.51750, -8.66462
- SMR number
- LI031-050001-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
Poorly preserved remains of a building annotated as a 'Church (in Ruins)' on the OS 6-inch map, standing at W end of small children's burial ground (LI031-050005-). Located on flat pasture 100m NW of Monasteranenagh Cistercian Abbey of St. Maria de Magio (LI031-050004-) and 35m S of the River Maigue. Described by Westropp (1904-5, 382) as 'a small building near the river'.
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 31 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.
Nearby in the register
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
- Weir - fishunder 1 mi
- Weir - fishunder 1 mi
- Buildingunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.