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At a glance
- TypeChurch
- 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
In low-lying rolling pasture, just above flood plain of river and 100m SE of Glashare Castle (KK008-026----). There is no visible trace above ground of a church in the roughly square graveyard (KK008-027002-).
Full archaeological record 73 words
In low-lying rolling pasture, just above flood plain of river and 100m SE of Glashare Castle (KK008-026----). There is no visible trace above ground of a church in the roughly square graveyard (KK008-027002-). The OS Letters (1839) note the name of the burial ground as 'Teampall Ghlaise Air, i.e., Gleshare Church' (O'Flanagan 1930, vol. 1, 153 (50)). According to Carrigan (1905, vol. 2, 287), 'Some fragments of the church were uprooted in 1832'.
Archaeological Survey of Ireland, National Monuments Service (CC BY 4.0) · Compiled by Jean Farrelly · Updated 28 September 2017. It describes the site as it was when surveyed.
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Also recorded nearby
Named sites within 5 km with only a short entry in the Archaeological Survey.
- Coolcashin CastleCastle - unclassified · Coolcashin · 3.9 km · official record
- Priest's WellRitual site - holy well · Baunballinlough · 4.8 km · official record
At the edge of a valley floor, in rolling pasture. This is indicated on a Grand Jury Map as a holy well. When inspected in 1987 the well was in use as cattle pump and was capped with concrete.
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Around Glashare Church
Other heritage nearby
- Glashare CastleCastle · 0.1 km
- Rathlogan RingfortRingfort · 1.4 km
- Tobar na súlHoly well · 1.8 km
- Saint Elakan's WellHoly well · 2.0 km
- Grangefertagh Priory ChurchAbbey or friary · 2.1 km
- GrangefertaghMonastic site · 2.1 km
Recorded within 5 km
- 45 ringfortsArchaeological Survey of Ireland
- 9 castlesArchaeological Survey of Ireland
- 7 ancient churchesArchaeological Survey of Ireland
- 5 holy wellsArchaeological Survey of Ireland
- 4 abbeys & friariesArchaeological Survey of Ireland
- 2 round towersArchaeological Survey of Ireland
- 1 monastic siteArchaeological Survey of Ireland
Walks and trails
- Gathabawn LoopWalking Trail · 11.3 km · nearest point 2.5 km
- Gathabawn Short LoopWalking Trail · 4.1 km · nearest point 2.8 km
- Cullahill - Heathy Way Loop WalkWalking Trail · 6.4 km · nearest point 3.2 km
Outdoors, towns and places to stay
- CapponellanForests · 8.4 km
- Dunmore WoodForests · 12 km
- Coolacurragh Wood Nature ReserveNature reserves · 8.5 km
- Grantstown Wood and Grantstown Lough Nature ReserveNature reserves · 9.3 km
- Clomanatagh CastleHistoric stays · 7.3 km
Other attractions nearby
- Gardens at Castle DurrowHistoric Houses and Castle · 10 km
- Midland EscapeWalking · 12 km
- Donaghmore Famine Workhouse MuseumHistoric Houses and Castle · 12 km
Excavations nearby
- E2394 Glashare AR 55-57, County LaoisRoad-scheme excavation report (TII) · 0.4 km
- E2393 Rathlogan AR 51-2, County KilkennyRoad-scheme excavation report (TII) · 1.7 km