Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Church
Ballingarry Lower, County Tipperary South, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballingarry Lower
- County
- Tipperary South
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Site of Church
- Latest-edition OS map
- Church (Site of)
- Coordinates
- 52.58754, -7.55966
- SMR number
- TS055-016----
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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
On a W-facing slope of rising ground in upland area with good views in all directions. Nearby castle (TS055-015----) located 160m to the NW. In 1640, according to the Civil Survey (1654-6), the glebeland consisted of 2 acres of land situated on the E side of the church and fenced about with a ditch (Simington 1934, vol. 2, 399). In 1478 the priory of St Catherine the Virgin, Waterford was charged with leasing the rectory of Ballingarry to ' diverse laymen'. As a result, the church at Ballingarry was said to be in ruins and the parishioners deprived of divine worship (Hennessey 1985, 69). The medieval church is not visible at ground level but a slight rise of ground in centre of graveyard may mark the site of the levelled church. It was located within a graveyard (TS055-016002-) which contains 18th and 19th-century memorials. A 19th C of I church, of which there are now no remains, may have been built on the site of the medieval church as stated by O'Donovan in the OS letters (O'Flanagan 1930, vol.1, 155). A modern bungalow is built in the field adjoining the graveyard on the E side.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
References
Simington, R.C. (ed.) 1934 The Civil survey, AD 1654-1656. Vol. II: county of Tipperary - Western and Northern baronies. Dublin. Irish Manuscripts Commission.
O'Flanagan, Rev. M. (Compiler) 1930 Letters containing information relative to the antiquities of the county of Tipperary collected during the progress of the Ordnance Survey in 1840. Bray.
Nearby in the register
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.