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Chapel

Tubbrid, County Tipperary South, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Chapel, Tubbrid, County Tipperary South, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Tubbrid
County
Tipperary South
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Tubbrid Chapel
Latest-edition OS map
Tubbrid Chapel (in Ruins)
Coordinates
52.31415, -7.94877
SMR number
TS081-054----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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 break in slope, off the crest of a W-facing slope in hilly terrain, mostly pasture. A 17th-century chapel is situated at the E end of the graveyard (TS081-054001-), the wall of which runs up to the E gable of the chapel. A small chapel (dims. 7.13m x 10.2m externally; wall T 0.75-0.9m; wall H 2.2-2.5m), orientated E-W, with a doorway centrally placed in the W gable and extremely steep pitched roof. Mainly limestone rubble construction with some sandstone and is roughly coursed. Crudely cut limestone blocks used as quoins. Pointed doorway (H 1.15m; Wth 0.96m; D 0.26m) chamfered externally with memorial plaque (TS081-054003-), dated 1644, above it. Above this plaque there is a small, flat-headed, rectangular opening. The W gable (H c. 6m) is surmounted by a single, round-headed bellcote, the external lintel appears to be composed of two pieces of sandstone. At the E end of the chapel there are opposing windows on the N and S wall, in both examples only the lower portion survives. Repair work, including insertion of iron girders was carried out in early 20th century, c. 1913 (The editor 1913, 47-8). In the interior on N side of W gable there is a sandstone stoup with rounded angles, c. 0.4m above interior, which projects out (Wth 0.3m x D 0.32m). The basin itself is roughly circular (dims. 0.22m x 0.25m; D 0.04m). Centrally placed in the E gable there is a occulus window of sandstone set into a straight-sided, flat-headed embrasure. The lintel of the embrasure is limestone with an incised cross within an incised border, a re-used graveslab (TS081-054004-). There is a rise in ground level 0.4m above interior at E end on S side, probably a vault, now grassed over. There are a number of 17th-century graveslabs recorded in the graveyard, two of which (TS081-054005-; TS081-054006-) are not visible above ground and one visible (TS081-054004-).

The editor (1913) 'The Keating memorial, Tubbrid', Journal of the Waterford and Southeast of Ireland Archaeological Society 16 (2), 47-8.

Compiled by: Jean Farrelly

Date of upload: 14 January 2013

References

Lewis, S. 1837 A topographical dictionary of Ireland, 2 vols. London. Lewis and Co.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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