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At a glance
- TypeChurch
- Date or period mentioned1795
- Condition (as surveyed)Gone: no visible trace
What to look for
- 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
History and description
Centrally located within a roughly square graveyard (KK024-031002-), located immediately N of a public road. According to Carrigan (1905, vol. 3, 486), 'The old Catholic parish church stood on the site of the present Protestant church of Bennetsbridge, and was probably cleared away when the latter was built by Colonel John Shee, in 1795'.
Full archaeological record 85 words
Centrally located within a roughly square graveyard (KK024-031002-), located immediately N of a public road. According to Carrigan (1905, vol. 3, 486), 'The old Catholic parish church stood on the site of the present Protestant church of Bennetsbridge, and was probably cleared away when the latter was built by Colonel John Shee, in 1795'. The C of I church was demolished in 1960 (O'Kelly 1969, 98). The interior of the graveyard is heavily overgrown with scrub (visible on Google Earth satellite imagery date May 2009).
Archaeological Survey of Ireland, National Monuments Service (CC BY 4.0) · Compiled by Jean Farrelly · Updated 27 September 2021. It describes the site as it was when surveyed.
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Walks and trails
- O'Gormans LaneWalking Trail · 4.5 km · nearest point 0.2 km
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Outdoors, towns and places to stay
- Coill an FhaltaighForests · 9.6 km
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