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Ballybrogan Church

Church ruin in Ballybrogan, County Roscommon, Ireland.

  • AccessNot confirmed
  • National MonumentNot recorded
  • 12th-centuryIn the record
  • FolkloreNone recorded
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Ballybrogan, Co. Roscommon53.52544, -8.02559
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At a glance

  • TypeChurch
  • Date or period mentioned12th-century
  • Recorded sizeext. dims 10.85m E-W; 6.3m N-S

What to look for

  • East window
  • Graveyard

Picked out from the Archaeological Survey description below.

Can you visit?

  • No source says it is open to the public.Most monuments in Ireland stand on private farmland.
  • Ask the landowner before crossing fields, close gates, leave the stones as you find them.Visiting responsibly
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History and description

Listed as Kilcimacan in the ecclesiastical taxation of Elphin in 1306 (Cal. doc. Ire. vol. 5, 224) and situated on the crest at the S end of a low NW-SE spur. The church is a rectangular structure (ext. dims 10.85m E-W; 6.3m N-S) whose W wall, with the doorway and N wall hardly survive.

Full archaeological record 154 words

Listed as Kilcimacan in the ecclesiastical taxation of Elphin in 1306 (Cal. doc. Ire. vol. 5, 224) and situated on the crest at the S end of a low NW-SE spur. The church is a rectangular structure (ext. dims 10.85m E-W; 6.3m N-S) whose W wall, with the doorway and N wall hardly survive. There are 12th-century round-headed windows in the E wall and towards the E end of the S wall. A tomb inside the church which is blocking the E window re-uses a graveslab (RO045-116003-) (L 2m; Wth 1.05; T 0.15m) of Patricia (?) and Column Kelly of Creggan with a Latin inscription and a date of 1685. The slab is incised with a simple cross which has a calvary and fleur-de-lis terminals. The church is within a diamond-shaped graveyard (RO045-116002-) (dims c. 70m E-W; c. 35m N-S) defined by a masonry wall. Enclsoure (RO045-115----) is immediately to the N. (Dunnigan 2009)

Archaeological Survey of Ireland, National Monuments Service (CC BY 4.0) · Compiled by Michael Moore · Updated 24 August 2010. It describes the site as it was when surveyed.

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