Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ecclesiastical site
Killycoonagh, County Monaghan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Killycoonagh
- County
- Monaghan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.17873, -7.17542
- SMR number
- MO012-066----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1636 "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Located in woodland at the crest of the W-facing slope of a NE-SW spur. There is a local tradition that there was a convent here dedicated to a holy woman named Una. It was reputedly burned in 1703 by a settler family called Barnett (IFC: 950, 201: https://www.duchas.ie/en/cbes). It was a daughter house of a convent in Clones, and in crossing the Finn River just to the W by means of stepping stones a precious book was lost (IFC: 950, 473:). The reputed location is a small subrectangular or D-shaped area (dims c. 20m NE-SW; c. 18m NW-SE) defined by the bases of stone walls. The enclosed area is growing laurel and is connected by a laurel walk to Killycoonagh House c. 150m to the ESE. It was probably a landscape feature.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Monaghan' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Revised by: Michael Moore
Date of revision: 29 January 2018
References
IFC Schools' MSS: Irish Folklore Commission Schools' Manuscripts. Department of Folklore. University College, Dublin.
Nearby in the register
- Mass-rockunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.