Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ogham stone
Ballynoe (glenquin By., Ballynoe West Ed), County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballynoe (glenquin By., Ballynoe West Ed)
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.44022, -8.94315
- SMR number
- LI037-051002-
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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
On slightly raised area in NE quadrant of graveyard (LI037-107---) area the remains of the parish church of Clonelty possibly dedicated to the seventh century St. Ita or Íde of Killeedy (Lewis 1837, 51). The church and graveyard appear to have been enclosed by a multi-vallate Early Christian enclosure (LI037-051001-). The main fabric of the church and W doorway is Romanesque in character and pre-Norman in date. The arcade and S window appear to be late-medieval insertions, possibly date from the 16th-17th century. Local folklore recorded the presence of a possible ogham stone (LI037-051002-) that had been incorporated into the fabric of the pre-Norman church (The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0488, 450-1). The folklore recorded that a "poor scholar" 'went into the monastery, and as he gazed around, he noticed some writing on a stone in the wall. He examined it closely and found it to be an "ogham". He read the words aloud, which meant there is a hidden treasure behind this stone' (ibid.).
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 14 March 2019
References
ASIAP - Archaeological Survey of Ireland Aerial Photographs (c. 1996 - c. 2010).
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ecclesiastical enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.