Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Religious house - unclassified
Kilteany, County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilteany
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.14290, -9.80301
- SMR number
- MA026-003003-
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1753 map "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1753 · Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 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)
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The National Monuments Service's description
Lewis (1837, 67) records that ‘At Kiltairn on the banks of the Owenmore, are the remains of an ancient abbey, and also of the old parish church.’ No trace of the abbey is now evident.
Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 12 December 2017
References
Lewis, S. 1837 A topographical dictionary of Ireland, 2 vols. London. Lewis and Co.
Nearby in the register
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Bullaun stoneunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Architectural fragment2 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.