Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Graveyard
Dalgan, County Offaly, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Dalgan
- County
- Offaly
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- G. Yd.
- Coordinates
- 53.23526, -7.32053
- SMR number
- OF026-004002-
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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
According to the Annals of the Four Masters (JKAS 1918, Vol IX, 7) there was a parson of Geashill in 1523 and presumably his church was the site of the present 19th century one. No evidence of a medieval church (OF026-004001-). The present church was built in 1815 probably on the site of the earlier medieval building. Large rectangular shaped graveyard with 17th/19th-century headstones enclosed by a stone wall. Evidence of medieval stonework possibly from the medieval church appears to have been used in the fabric of the cottages in Geashill village. Tower House located to the NE (OF026-005001-). (Comerford 1883, 198; Fitzgerald 1918, 7)
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
- Graveslabunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Castle - motteunder 1 mi
- Bawnunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.