Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ecclesiastical enclosure
Taghboyne, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Taghboyne
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Outlined
- Latest-edition OS map
- Outlined
- Coordinates
- 53.47756, -7.52837
- SMR number
- WM025-078002-
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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
A monastery was founded at Taghboyne (Teach Baoithín) by Baoithín (alias Mobhaoi), son of Cuana of the Ceinéal Éanna, a branch of the Ceinéal Conail in Donegal (Ó Riain 2011, 89). It is possible that Baoithín of Westmeath is identical with Baoithín of Iona (ibid.). The feastday of Bishop Baoithín of Taghboyne fell on the 19th of February as recorded in the Martyrology of Tallaght.
Oval shaped ecclesiastical enclosure (approx. diam. 185m N-S; 225m E-W) preserved in curving field boundaries surrounding the church (WM025-078001-) and graveyard (WM025-078003-) at Taghboyne (Swan 1988, 22). The curving boundary from NNE-E-S-S-W consists of a dry-stone wall that forms the townland boundary with Redmondstown. Linear earthworks are clearly visible on aerial photographs taken the 14/07/1970 inside the ecclesiastical enclosure to the S and E of the church and graveyard (CUCAP BDK026).
See attached plan of monument surveyed and drawn by the ASI.
Compiled by: Caimin O’Brien
Date of upload: 12 October 2015
References
Ó Riain, P. 2011 A dictionary of Irish Saints. Dublin. Four Courts Press.
Swan, D.L. 1988 The Early Christian ecclesiastical sites of County Westmeath. In J. Bradley (ed.), Settlement and society in Medieval Ireland: studies presented to F.X. Martin O.S.A., 1-31. Kilkenny. Boethius Press.
CUCAP - Cambridge University Collection of Aerial Photographs. Unit for Landscape Modelling, Department of Geography, University of Cambridge. See:https://www.cambridgeairphotos.com
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.