Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Church
Inch (Gorey By.), County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Inch (Gorey By.)
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Church
- Latest-edition OS map
- Church
- Coordinates
- 52.74034, -6.23600
- SMR number
- WX003-028001-
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1799 map "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1841 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated in a low-lying position within the valley of the W-E Inch River, with the stream c. 60m to the S. This is the church of Inismocholmoc or 'Colman's Island', listed as a church of Glendalough diocese in 1179, which survives as the parish church of Inch down to the present. According to a Visitation by Thomas Ram, the Protestant bishop of Ferns, in 1615 there was no priest, and the condition of the church and chancel were not recorded (Hore 1900-11, vol. 6, 271). The church was described as ruinous but the chancel was in repair in a survey of 1630 (Ronan 1927, 105). The site is occupied by a Church of Ireland church that was built in 1831 (Lewis 1837, vol. 2, 15) within an irregularly-shaped graveyard (dims. c. 80m E-W; c. 30-40m N-S). There are no visible remains of an older structure at ground level.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Wexford' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1996). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload/revision: 14 February 2012
Amended: 4 Sep. 2013
References
Lewis, S. 1837 A topographical dictionary of Ireland, 2 vols. London. Lewis and Co.
Ronan, Rev. M.V. 1927 The ancient churches of the deanery of Arklow, Co. Wicklow. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 57, 100-116.
Nearby in the register
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Fortificationunder 1 mi
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.