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Church

Corcoransacres, County Sligo, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Church, Corcoransacres, County Sligo, 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
Corcoransacres
County
Sligo
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Church
Latest-edition OS map
Templeboy Church (in Ruins)
Coordinates
54.26406, -8.75559
SMR number
SL012-025001-

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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)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1904 · Sheet 4. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Situated in lowlying, poorly-drained pasture, within a graveyard (SL012-025002-). The OS Letters (1836, 310 (127-8)) recorded that 'Templeboy' is an anglicization of 'Teampall Buidhe', 'the church of St. Baothain' who was the patron saint of the parish. Late medieval church (ext. dims. 19.3m E-W; 7.15m N-S - Wall T 0.74m) incorporating the W wall of an earlier church. The E wall has a slight external base batter. Slightly off-centre in the E wall is a tall ogee-headed, lancet window. The W wall is constructed of large blocks, typical of the early medieval period. It contains a blocked-up lintelled doorway. This type of masonry is also present in the W end of the N wall. Close to the W end of the N wall is an internally recessed doorway. The S wall is poorly preserved and is apparently featureless. O'Rorke (1889, 404-5) recorded a holy well (SL012-025006-) dedicated to St. Molaisse, located close to the church.

Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan

Date of upload: 19 January 2011

References

O'Rorke, T. 1889 (Reprint 1986) The history of Sligo: town and county, 2 vols. Dublin. J. Duffy and Co. Ltd.

Nearby in the register

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

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