Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Church
Clonmacnoise, County Offaly, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Clonmacnoise
- County
- Offaly
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Templehurpan or Mc Laffys Ch. (in Ruins)
- Coordinates
- 53.32619, -7.98590
- SMR number
- OF005-009----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
National Monument No. 81. Late medieval rectangular church added to the E end of Temple Dowling (OF005-010) in the 17th-century known as Temple Hurpan (int. dims 7m E-W; 3.9m N-S). This addition is 50cms wider than Temple Dowling on the N side only. The W jamb of the S doorway was the original antae of Temple Dowling. E window consists of a large rectangular flat headed window with the W wall of the church being the E wall of Temple Dowling which has a small round headed window. (O' Donovan 1856-7, 448; Monahan 1886, 65; Westropp 1907; 285-7; Anon 1907, 335; Macalister 1910, 27; Molloy 1950, 5; Harbison 1972, 204)
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 23 May 2011
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Cross - High crossunder 1 mi
- Graveslabunder 1 mi
- Graveslabunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.