Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Religious house - Franciscan Third Order Regular
Knockvicar, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Knockvicar
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.99877, -8.19867
- SMR number
- RO006-179----
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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
There are references to a cell of Dominicans (Nicholls 1972-3, 37) or Franciscans Third Order (Gwynne and Hadcock 1973, 273) at Knockvicar in the late 16th century when it possessed a house and c. 40 acres. D'Alton's description (1845, 114-5) and local tradition locates it on Knockvicar Hill, overlooking a loop of the Boyle River c. 200-270m distant NW-E, but no feature is visible at ground level.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
References
D'Alton, J. 1845 The history of Ireland: from the earliest period to the year 1245. 2 vol. Dublin, Author.
Gwynn, A. and Hadcock, R.N. 1970 (Reprint 1988) Medieval religious houses of Ireland. Dublin. Irish Academic Press.
Nicholls, K. 1972-3 A list of the monasteries in Connacht. Journal of the Galway Archaeological and Historical Society 33, 28-43.
Nearby in the register
- Bridgeunder 1 mi
- Weir - regulatingunder 1 mi
- Architectural fragmentunder 1 mi
- Kilnunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.