Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Religious house - Franciscan Third Order Regular
Kill (kilmaine By.), County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kill (kilmaine By.)
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Abbey in ruins
- Latest-edition OS map
- Abbey (in Ruins)
- Coordinates
- 53.53971, -9.11244
- SMR number
- MA121-154001-
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1753 "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
On S slope of prominent ridge in pasture, now surrounded by graveyard. Field system (MA121-154003-) to E. Historically known as Killeenbrennan, founded prior to 1428 for Third Order Regular of St. Francis. Granted to Thomas Lewis on 5th April 1574 (Gwynn and Hadcock 1970, 271). Extensive ruins of church with S side chapel; remains of walls and buildings on N side, all enclosed by low wall with original W gateway. Buildings heavily overgrown and ivy-clad. Church (int. dims. 21m N-S; 6m E-W) entered through W doorway with ogee window overhead; late medieval grave slab at E end. To S is side chapel, accessed through remains of round arch overhead (6.3m N-S; 5.5m E-W); with ogee window and piscina on S gable. To N is rectangular two storey building with huge accumulation of earth in ground-floor; lighted by narrow windows. E and N of this are structural remains of several buildings.
The above description has been derived from D. Lavelle (compiler), An Archaeological Survey of Ballinrobe and District including Lough Mask and Lough Carra. Lough Mask and Lough Carra Tourist Development Association (1994), No. 640.
Attached images:
MA121-154001-_01.JPG Viewed from S
MA121-154001-_02.JPG Viewed from SW
MA121-154001-_03.JPG Viewed from SW
MA121-154001-_04.JPG Viewed from W, arched gateway in centre
MA121-154001-_05.JPG W gable of church
MA121-154001-_06.JPG Church viewed from W, with S chapel extending to R
MA121-154001-_07.JPG S chapel viewed from SW
MA121-154001-_08.JPG Gable end of S chapel
MA121-154001-_09.JPG Window in gable of S chapel
MA121-154001-_10.JPG E wall of S chapel
MA121-154001-_11.JPG Window in E wall of S chapel
Date of upload: 14 January 2015
References
Gwynn, A. and Hadcock, R.N. 1970 (Reprint 1988) Medieval religious houses of Ireland. Dublin. Irish Academic Press.
Nearby in the register
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Road - road/trackwayunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.