Church

The National Monuments Service's description

On a natural terrace on a N-facing slope in undulating pasture. The land rises c. 10m S of the church and falls away immediately N of the church. A stream runs E-W c. 50m to the N in a small valley and the land rises sharply to the N on the other side of the stream. Fethard (TS070-040----) dominates the view c. 340m to the N. A simple, undivided church (int. dims. 8.67m x 5.2m; N wall T 0.9m; W gable T 1.1m) of limestone rubble, roughly coursed, all the quoins have been robbed. The E and W gable (H c. 5m above int. and c. 6m above ext.) are largely intact and the N wall (H 2.45m above int.) survives, all ivy clad. The S wall has collapsed, with some grass and bramble-covered rubble on the line of the wall. The church was entered through a doorway at the W end of the N wall. Only the partial remains of a relieving arch over the doorway (H 2.1m from spudstone to voussoir), a low door surround on the E side and a spudstone on the W side survives. The ground falls away (D 0.9m) immediately N of the doorway.The church was lit by at least three windows. There is a single, flat-headed window in the W gable, only the lintel of which survives, it is decorated with punch tooling with a plain margin. A breach at the E end of the N wall is likely to have contained a window and the window in the E gable has been replaced by a later crude single light and the embrasure enlarged and subsequently blocked up. According to the OS Letters (O'Flanagan 1930, vol. 1, 78-9 (211-12)) there is no burial ground attached to the church.

Compiled by: Jean Farrelly

Date of upload: 26 August 2011

References

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.