Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Graveyard
Ardfinnan, County Tipperary South, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ardfinnan
- County
- Tipperary South
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Grave Yd
- Latest-edition OS map
- Grave Yard
- Coordinates
- 52.31401, -7.87843
- SMR number
- TS082-068005-
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
St. Fionan Lobhar founded a monastery in Ardfinnan in the 7th century (Gwynn and Hadcock 1988, 29), supposedly on the site of the present C of I church (Killanin and Duignan 1967, 66) which is roughly centrally placed within the graveyard. There is no visible trace at ground level of the earlier monastery or medieval church (TS082-068001-). The graveyard is sub-rectangular in shape (diam. 47m NW-SE; c. 50m NE-SW) enclosured by a stone wall with an entrance from the road in the SW quadrant. In the SE corner of the graveyard, adjacent to the boundary wall, there is an early 17th-century chest tomb (TS088-002003-).
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 11 February 2014
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Tomb - chest tombunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
- Settlement deserted - medievalunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.