Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Church
Kilroe, County Tipperary South, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilroe
- County
- Tipperary South
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- SMR number
- TS081-063----
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The National Monuments Service's description
According to Power (1908, 73-4) in Kilroe there is 'Cill Ghainimhe - "Church of the Sand"; an early church site so named because of its proximity to a sand-pit'. This church is unlocated within Kilroe townland.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
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.
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