Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Church
Lismoney, County Offaly, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lismoney
- County
- Offaly
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Ch, GraveYd.
- Coordinates
- 53.09691, -7.72107
- SMR number
- OF036-040001-
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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
Not visible at ground level.19th-century C of I church located on site of Early Christian monastery founded by St. Finan in the sixth century (O' Flanagan 1933, vol. 2, 33-6). Early Christian cross-slab (OF036-040002-) located inside church decorated with spiral headed crosses in the angles of a large double lined cross. Jambstone which was part of a 13th-century window has been reused as a headstone in the graveyard (OF036-040003-) around the C of I church.
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
References
O'Flanagan, Rev. M. (Compiler) 1933 Letters containing information relative to the antiquities of the King's County collected during the progress of the Ordnance Survey in 1839. Bray.
Nearby in the register
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Cross - High crossunder 1 mi
- Cross-slabunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.