Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Church
Kilcommon More (north), County Tipperary South, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilcommon More (north)
- County
- Tipperary South
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- SMR number
- TS081-059----
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The National Monuments Service's description
The exact location of Kilcommon church or 'Cummian's Church' is unknown. According to Power (1908, 25) 'the site of the early church is within the Glengall demesne and quite close to the Swiss cottage. On the erection of the latter and the laying out of the ornamental grounds which surround it the ancient graveyard was disturbed and the bones of the dead, in many cases, removed'. The Bendictine priory of St. Philip, James and Armin (Cumin) was founded by Philip of Worcester as a dependency of Glastonbury and while there is some dispute over the location, it is believed that Kilcommon near Cahir is the site as this was part of the founder's lands (Gwynn and Hadcock 1988, 107). The foundation date is given as c. 1200, with evidence that it continued up to the reign of Edward III [1327-77] (ibid.). It was probably abandoned soon after Glastonbury lost much of its property in Ireland in 1332 (ibid.).
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 15 January 2014
References
Power, P. 1908 Placenames of the Decies. Journal of the Waterford and Southeast of Ireland Archaeological Society 11, 1-34, 45-78, 135-43 and 179-210.
Gwynn, A. and Hadcock, R.N. 1970 (Reprint 1988) Medieval religious houses of Ireland. Dublin. Irish Academic Press.