Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Decorated stone
Terryglass, County Tipperary North, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Terryglass
- County
- Tipperary North
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 53.05469, -8.20444
- SMR number
- TN006-003011-
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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
Situated on a slight rise of ground in the centre of Terryglass village. An early Christian monastery was founded in Terryglass by St Columb (Colum Mac Cremthainn) in the sixth century (Gwynn and Hadcock 1970, 45). The church of Tirdaglassoe contributed three marks in the taxation of the diocese in 1302-7 (CDI, vol. 5, 302). The Royal Visitation of 1615 described the church as having a 'covered chancell' (Murphy 1914, 221) but there is no mention of the church itself in the Civil Survey of 1654-6 where it only mentions the 'church yard of Tirraglasse' (Simington 1931, 311).
According to local tradition the site of the monastery lies in the present church and graveyard (Carey and Farrelly 1994, 78). The ecclesiastical complex consists of a church (TN006-003003-), a graveyard (TN006-003008-) and a holy well (TN006-003005-), all of which are situated within a possible ecclesiastical enclosure. Also sited within this possible enclosure are a bawn wall (TN006-003004-) immediately E of the church and graveyard and a linear earthwork (TN006-003006-) to the N. A carved stone possibly a voussoir or keystone from Terryglass Church is now housed in the Hunt Museum Limerick (Ref. No. 0000.0416). The stone is decorated with a cross motif in diaper pattern which was found during the demolition of the surrounding graveyard (TN006-003008-) wall and may have been part of an eleventh/twelfth century doorway (Harbison 1967, 108-11).
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien.
Date of upload/revision: 19 October 2010
References
Cal. doc. Ire. - Calendar of documents relating to Ireland 1171-1307, ed. H.S. Sweetman (5 vols., London, 1875-86).
Carey, H. and Farrelly, J. 1994 The urban archaeological survey County Tipperary North Riding. Unpublished report, Office of Public Works.
Gwynn, A. and Hadcock, R.N. 1970 (Reprint 1988) Medieval religious houses of Ireland. Dublin. Irish Academic Press.
Murphy, A.M. and Ormond, W. 1914 The Royal Visitation, 1615, Diocese of Killaloe. Archivium Hibernicum 3, 210-25.
Simington, R.C. (ed.) 1931 The Civil survey, AD 1654-1656. Vol I: county of Tipperary: eastern and southern baronies. Dublin. Irish Manuscripts Commission.
Harbison, P. 1967 A decorated stone fragment from Terryglass, County Tipperary. North Munster Antiquarian Journal 10, 108-11.
Nearby in the register
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Bawnunder 1 mi
- Historic townunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.