TreeAlive
‹ Sites and Monuments Record, Ireland

Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland

Church

Kilbreedy East, County Limerick, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Church, Kilbreedy East, 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
Kilbreedy East
County
Limerick
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Kilbreedy Church (in ruins)
Latest-edition OS map
Kilbreedy Church (in Ruins)
Coordinates
52.40357, -8.50004
SMR number
LI048-007001-

Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.

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)
  • 1882 · Ireland (southern half). (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1904 · Sheet 13. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

Get directions ↗

This record in the National Monuments Service's Historic Environment Viewer ↗

The National Monuments Service's description

Westropp (1904-5, 428) recorded the following details about Kilbreedy Major Church which was dedicated to St. Brigid; 'Kilbride Major, 1291,1410, 1615; Kilbride, 1302. Ric. Syward and Nesta, his wife, claim dower on Kilbryd Maior, 1318 (Plea R., 119 of xi Ed. II, m. 17). Suit of Robert Lenfaunt and Alex, and Wentliana Cadygan about messuage in same, 1324 (ib., 144 of xvii Ed. II, m. 21); dedicated to St. Brigid, Feb. 11, 1410.
Fabric - It is 63 feet [19.2m] by 27 feet [8.2m]; parts of west and south walls stood in 1840; the windows were defaced, and there were traces of another wall, 90 feet [27.4m]; the walls, 11 feet [3.35m] high, 27 feet [8.2m] long. The well was Tober na Doile (O.S.L., 8, p. 255)'.

Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien

Date of upload: 25 June 2019

References

ASIAP - Archaeological Survey of Ireland Aerial Photographs (c. 1996 - c. 2010).

OSL - Ordnance Survey Letters. Letters written by members of the Ordnance Survey's 'Topographical Department' (T. O'Conor, A. O'Curry, E. Curry, J. O'Donovan and P. O'Keeffe) sent to headquarters from the field (1834-41). MSS in Royal Irish Academy.

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

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

Sites and Monuments Record data: National Monuments Service, Government of Ireland, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Record text is reproduced unchanged. National Monuments Service, Government of Ireland · CC BY 4.0
All Church in Limerick All County Limerick records All Ireland Heritage registers Historical markers (US)National Register of Historic Places (US)
See your own family's places on a living map