Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Church
Colman (Hennessy), County Tipperary South, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Colman (Hennessy)
- County
- Tipperary South
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Colman Church (in ruins)
- Latest-edition OS map
- Colman Church (in Ruins)
- Coordinates
- 52.44039, -7.75112
- SMR number
- TS070-086----
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1882 · Ireland (southern half). (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1904 · Sheet 13. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
On a gentle E-facing slope in undulating pasture. There are earthworks (TS070-086003-) to the E and SE and a small enclosure (TS070-086002-) immediately to the N of the graveyard and another (TS070-085----) c. 30m to the N. Ó Cearbhaill (2007, 233-235) has traced records for this church back to 1200 when it was called 'Kilskeht' and it makes several other appearances in the Register of the Hospital of St. John the Baptist without the New Gate, Dublin and the Papal Taxation records in the early 14th century. In the 15th and early 16th century it appears in the Calandar of Ormond Deeds as 'Colinan' and 'Calaman' respectively but from 1539-40 onwards it is recorded under various spellings of Colman (ibid.) .The church (ext. diam. 8.9m x 20.7m) is orientated E–W within a sub-rectangular graveyard. It is constructed of limestone rubble, roughly coursed (wall T 1.12m; H of S wall 2.8m above int. ground level) with roughly cut irregular limestone quoins, which are quite broken and sqawled. Several put-log holes (dims. H 0.17-0.2m; Wth 0.15-0.2m) carry through the thickness of the wall. There is a base-batter (H 0.8m; Wth 0.3m) on the N wall. The church was entered through a doorway, now broken out, W of centre in the S wall, all that remains is the draw-bar hole (L 0.82m; Wth 0.15m; H 0.17m) in the wall on the E side. Some gable coping survives at the NE angle and at the base of this coping on the N wall there is a carved head. This head is quite worn and the top appears to be broken off, two eyes can be made out and a possible straight incised mouth, the head tapers towards the chin. In the N wall at the E end of the church the W side of a window splay survives and a gap in the wall opposite suggest there was also a window in the S wall. There is a large gap (Wth 4.6m) in the N wall opposite the doorway opening in the S wall and also gaps in the E and W gable where windows were located. Apart from the carved head, no architectural features survive.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 26 September 2011
References
Ó Cearbhaill, P. 2007 Logainmneacha na hÉireann II: Cill i logainmneacha Co. Thiobraid Árann. The Stationery Office. Dublin.
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.