Church

The National Monuments Service's description

The parish church of Gorey was within the town and was probably built in the early 17th century. In 1819 a new Church of Ireland church was built outside the town to the SW on a site provided by Stephen Ram (Lewis 1837, vol. 1, 666), which church was re-built in 1861 (Hore 1900-011, 633). There are no visible remains of the origianal church in its rectangular graveyard (dims c. 55m NW-SE; c. 45m NE-SW) defined by masonry walls. The tomb-chest of Archbishop Ram (D. 1634) is an oblong structure (dims. 1.85m x 0.95m; H 0.75m) with an English and Latin inscription in relief on the W end stone. It lies over a vault that was opened temporarily around 1909 and then sealed (Cantwell 1974-85, vol. 5, No. 189).

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: 15 March 2012

References

Hore, P.H. 1900-1911 (Reprint 1979) History of the town and county of Wexford, 6 vols. Dublin. Published by arrangement with W.A. Hennessy Esq.

Lewis, S. 1837 A topographical dictionary of Ireland, 2 vols. London. Lewis and Co.

Cantwell, B. 1974-84 Memorials of the Dead. 10 vols. Typescript.