Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Church
New Ross, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- New Ross
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.39312, -6.94498
- SMR number
- WX029-013074-
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University Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1904 · Sheet 14, 1904 (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
- 1911 · Sheet 14, 1911 (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
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The National Monuments Service's description
St Saviour's church, about which little is known except that it was a chantry chapel in existence in 1280 and that the advowson, or right of appointing clergy, was granted to Dunbrody (WX039- 030001-) in 1370, was close to the site where Thomas Gregory founded a Hospital of the Holy Trinity (WX029-013011-). Hore (1900-11, vol. 1, 72-84, 143) argues that it was a Dominican foundation of 1267 because the name St. Saviour’s is associated with the Dominican’s and they are recorded as estabalishing a locus or postion in New Ross in that year. FFrench (1898) argues unconvincingly that this church maintained the lighthouse of Hook (WX054-010----). The location is not precisely known, but it may be where St. Catherine's, a chapel-of-ease to St. Mary's Church of Ireland church that was built in 1833.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 2 August, 2012
Amended: 24 March, 2014
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.
Ffrench, Rev. J. F. M. 1898 Where was the church of St. Saviour of Rendenan situated? Journal of the Waterford and south-east of Ireland archaeological society, vol. 4, 16-20
Nearby in the register
- Hospitalunder 1 mi
- Excavation - miscellaneousunder 1 mi
- Burialunder 1 mi
- Religious house - Augustinian friarsunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.