Church

The National Monuments Service's description

Located on a gentle E-facing slope with a N-S stream c. 90m to the E. This is the probable site of the parish church of Ballyhuskard within a rectangular graveyard (dims. c. 70m E-W; c. 35m N-S) defined by earthen banks. According to a Visitation by Thomas Ram, the Protestant bishop of Ferns, in 1615 Pat Redmond was the curate, and the church and chancel were in ruins (Hore 1900-11, vol. 6, 272). John O'Donovan writing c. 1839 (O'Flanagan 1933, vol. 2. 98 9) records the existence of the S wall (L 3m; H 3m) of a church which was dedicated to St. Peter and which has since disappeared. There is a granite bullaun stone (dims. 0.7m x 0.65m; H c. 0.2m) with a single basin (diam. 0.34m; D 0.1m) in the graveyard. The site of St Peter's Well (WX026-018----), at which pattern was held on 29th June until c. 1800 (Hore 1900-11, vol. 2, 99) lies c. 100m to the E.

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: 11 July 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.