Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Graveyard
Donaghmoyne, County Monaghan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Donaghmoyne
- County
- Monaghan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Grave Yard
- Latest-edition OS map
- Grave Yard
- Coordinates
- 54.00222, -6.69241
- SMR number
- MO028-116002-
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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
An irregular-shaped graveyard (map dims. c. 105m N-S; c. 60m E-W) with a church (MO028-116001-) depicted on 1st ed. OS 6-inch map immediately NW of centre but indicated as 'Church Site of' on the subsequent ed. Church reputedly founded by Victor, who was made its bishop by St. Patrick. Shrine of St Adamnan removed from here in AD 830. Rebuilt in 1641 after being ruinous in 1622. No visible surface traces. (Leslie 1929, 175-6, 289)
Reference:
Leslie, J.B. 1929 Clogher Clergy and Parishes. Printed Enniskillen.
Date of upload: 14 April 2011
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.