Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Church
Ballycanew, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballycanew
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Church
- Latest-edition OS map
- Ch.
- Coordinates
- 52.60918, -6.30486
- SMR number
- WX016-011001-
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1799 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated on a slight rise in the valley of the S-N Owenavorragh River, with the stream c. 150m to the E, and in the centre of Ballycanew village. This is the site of the parish church of Ballycanew within a subcircular raised graveyard (dims. 44m E-W; 30m N-S) defined by a masonry wall. According to a Visitation by Thomas Ram, the Protestant bishop of Ferns, in 1615 Daniel Morfi was the priest, but the condition of the church is not recorded (Hore 1900-11, vol. 6, 272). The present Church of Ireland church is thought to occupy the site of an older church according to John O'Donovan writing c. 1840 (O'Flanagan 1933, vol. 1, 654), and there is a bullaun stone (diam. 0.65m; H 0.6m) with a single basin (diam. 0.45m; D 0.33m) in the NE area of the graveyard.
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: 21 May, 2012
Amended: 4 Sep. 2013
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.
O'Flanagan, Rev. M. (Compiler) 1933 Letters containing information relative to the antiquities of County Wexford, collected during progress of the Ordnance Survey in 1838. Typescript in 2 vols. Bray.
Nearby in the register
- Bullaun stoneunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rath1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.