Church

The National Monuments Service's description

Kilnamanagh graveyard is marked as a rectangular feature (dims c. 40m NW-SE; c. 40m NE-SW) on the 1839 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and it is situated on a gentle E-facing slope with the headwaters of a small W-E stream just to the N. According to a Visitation by Thomas Ram, the Protestant bishop of Ferns, in 1615 Walter Synnott was the priest, and the church and chancel were in repair (Hore 1900-11, vol. 6, 271). The parish church of Kilnamanagh was pulled down c. 1800 according to John O'Donovan writing c. 1840 (O'Flanagan 1933, vol. 2, 93). There are no visible traces of the church or graveyard at ground level, although the graveyard can be seen as a cropmark (dims c. 40m NW-SE; c. 40m NE-SW) on an OSI series of aerial photographs (2005). The holy well, a natural spring, is c. 35m N 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: 15 June 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.