Church

The National Monuments Service's description

Marked as a small rectangular structure (dims c. 15m E-W; c. 5m N-S) on the 1839 Ed. of the OS 6-inch map where it is described as Lady’s Church in gothic lettering. It is probably one of the two ruins of chapels mentioned by Robert Leigh in 1684 (Hore 1858-9, 463-4), and John O'Donovan writing c. 1840 described portion of the E gable as standing to a height of c. 2.5m (O'Flanagan 1933, vol. 2, 52). Today only a short length of ivy-covered wall (L 2.15m; H 2.35m) survives within a rectangular graveyard (dims 45m NW-SE; c. 25-30m NE-SW) defined by masonry walls. A granite grave-marker (Corlett 2010) in the graveyard has a solid ringed head, and is probably influenced by the only physical remnant of St. Munna’s monastery in the base and head of a granite high cross (WX041-008002-). Archaeological testing (93E0125) immediately SW of the graveyard produced no archaeological features (Wren 1994).

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: 20 March, 2013

References

Wren, J. 1994 Main St., Taghmon. Early Christain/Medieval in I. Bennett (1994) Excavations 1993: summary accounts of archeaological excavations in Ireland, 79-80, No. 225. Bray, Wordwell

Corlett, C. 2010 'The Taghmon Crosses, Co. Wexford'. In M. Davies, U. Mac Conville & G. Cooney (eds.), A grand gallimaufry collected in honour of Nick Maxwell, 237-42. Dublin. Wordwell.

Hore, H. F. 1858-9 A chorographic account of the southern part of the county of Wexford, written Anno 1684: by Robert Leigh, Esq., of Rosegarland, in that county. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, vol. 5, 17-21, 451-67.