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Church

Killanly, County Sligo, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Church, Killanly, 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
Killanly
County
Sligo
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Church
Latest-edition OS map
Church (in Ruins)
Coordinates
54.16759, -9.12528
SMR number
SL022-015001-

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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)
  • 1841 · 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

In a graveyard (SL022-015002-), situated at the base of a narrow E-W valley adjacent to the N bank of a W-flowing stream. Milligan (ITA Survey 1942-4) recorded that this church is 'supposed to have been erected by St. Ainle or Fainle who lived in the 5th or 6th centuries'. The upstanding remains are of a very ruined, late medieval church (18.5m E-W; 9.5m N-S; Wall T 0.93m). Much of the stone from the church has been robbed and used to mark burials in the graveyard (sl022-015002-) within which it is located. The E wall contains a large, broken-out window opening. Only the lower portion of the W wall, which has a marked base batter but is otherwise featureless, is still extant. There is a short length of upstanding wall, containg a possible window opeining, at the E end of the S wall. Only the basal portion of the remainder of the S wall and the foundations of the N wall, punctuated by modern graves are still identifiable. A font (SL022-015003-) was removed from this church and its presnet location (SL022-014001-) is now in the modern Catholic church at Corballa in Rathglass townland.

Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan

Date of upload: 19 January 2011

Nearby in the register

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

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