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Church

Toberelva, County Roscommon, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Church, Toberelva, County Roscommon, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Toberelva
County
Roscommon
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
R. C. Chapel
Latest-edition OS map
R.C. Chapel (in Ruins)
Coordinates
53.75884, -8.32736
SMR number
RO027-029001-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

On a slight S-facing slope. Dedicated to St Eilbha (Mac Coluim 1929; Gormley 1989b, 61) and listed in the Register of Clonmacnoise (O'Donovan 1856-7, 451), but there is no evidence of a medieval church, apart from a stone with a chamfer and a pyramidal stop which is re-used as a quoin. This is a rectangular structure (ext. dims 8.65m NE-SW; 5.85m NW-SE) defined by the bases of the walls (T 0.6m; H 1.2-1.4m), apart from the W wall which is complete with a doorway (Wth 1.14m; H 1.5m) and a recess (Wth 0.44m-0.48m; H 1.05m) overhead for a limestone slab (RO027-029004-) (dims 1.05m x 0.5m; T 0.15-0.2m) which has fallen out. The slab has a raised inscription commemorating James and Mary Plunkett of Castleplunkett (RO027-028001-), who built the church as a mortuary chapel in 1723 (Gormley 1989, 79). There is also a doorway (Wth 1.15m) in the S wall, and the E end of the church is occupied by cairn material. Also within the church is a fragment of a crucifixion plaque (RO027-029005-) (dims 0.95m; 0.85m; T 0.15m) depicting Christ and two figures in relief, although the bottom of the stone is missing. The church is within a small D-shaped graveyard (RO027-029002-) (dims c. 50m NE-SW; c. 47m NW-SE) defined by a masonry wall. Tober Elva, a rectangular well (RO027-029003-) (dims 1.45m x 1.2m) surrounded by a masonry wall with a gate at W is c. 30m to the W. The church and well were conserved in the 1990s.

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Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 24 August 2010

References

Gormley, M. (compiler) 1989 Tulsk parish in historic Maigh Aí. Aspects of its history and folklore. Author

O'Donovan, J. 1856-7 The Registry of Clonmacnoise: with notes and introductory remarks. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 4, 444-60.

Mac Coluim, F. 1929 Sceal faoi Thobar, Oilbhe, Co. Roscomán. Bealoideas 2 (1), 56-7.

Gormley, M. (compiler) 1989b Tulsk parish in historic Maigh Ai. Aspects of its history and folklore. Journal of the Roscommon Historical and Archaeological Society 2, 61-2.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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