Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Church
Ballyard, County Tipperary North, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyard
- County
- Tipperary North
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Site of Church
- Latest-edition OS map
- Church (site of)
- Coordinates
- 52.74333, -8.42075
- SMR number
- TN031-010001-
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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 at the base of a W-facing slope with a stream immediately to the S, a holy well (TN031-010002-) to the SE and a bullaun stone (TN031-009----) to the NE. Present remains consist of a low rise of ground where the church was located in the centre of a graveyard (TN031-010003-) enclosed by a stone wall. Several architectural fragments are located in the SW sector of the graveyard and others are reused as grave surrounds. Berry (1904, 99-110) described the church as surviving to foundation level only measuring internally 60ft x 26ft (18m x 8.7m) with architectural fragments of a late medieval date scattered around the graveyard. An octagonal-shaped limestone stoup which rested on a four-clustered column is now located in the grounds of Newport RC church.
The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Tipperary. Vol. 1 - North Tipperary' compiled by Jean Farrelly and Caimin O'Brien (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2002). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 22 September 2008
References
Berry, H.F. 1904 The antiquities of the parish of Kilcomenty, near Birdhill, Co. Tipperary. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, 34, 99-110.
Nearby in the register
- Fontunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Bullaun stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.