Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Church
Derrycloney, County Tipperary South, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Derrycloney
- County
- Tipperary South
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Derrycloney Church (in ruins)
- Latest-edition OS map
- Derrycloney Church (in Ruins)
- Coordinates
- 52.43272, -7.96707
- SMR number
- TS068-098----
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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 gentle SE-facing slope in undulating pasture with the River Suir flowing 300-700m to the S-SW-W. Ó Cearbhaill (2010, 95-6) associates this church with the monastic foundation of St. Abban in 1218, though Gwynn and Hadcock (1988, 368) ascribe this to Rathcoun (TS060-107003-). Situated in the S quadrant of an oval graveyard (TS068-098001-), the remains of this rectangular church (dims. 14m E-W; 5.75m N-S) consist of low grass-covered walls (Wth at crest 1.5m; Wth at base 4.5m; H 0.4-0.45m). The entrance is not evident, but is likely to be at the W end of the N wall and is presumably rubble filled and overgrown with grass. A length of walling (L 1.8m; H 0.6m) is exposed along the S wall, consisting of a sandstone foundation overlain by three courses of roughly coursed limestone rubble bonded with a crude pebble mortar. This section of walling appears to be a later build and is not keyed into the sandstone blocks on either side. There are low remains of original walling visible at the E end of the N wall (L 2.8m; wall T 0.75m) and at the W end of the S wall (wall T 0.77m). There are a lot of loose stones in the interior, including rubble from the church probably augmented by field clearance.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
References
Ó Cearbhaill, P. 2010 Logainmneacha na hÉireann II: Cluain i logainmneacha Co. Thiobraid Árann. The Stationery Office. Dublin.
Gwynn, A. and Hadcock, R.N. 1970 (Reprint 1988) Medieval religious houses of Ireland. Dublin. Irish Academic Press.
Nearby in the register
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.