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Templepeter church, Templepeter, Carlow

Location
(52°45′27″N, 6°49′50″W)
Templepeter
S 79 68
pre-1974 traditional (Republic of Ireland) Carlow
now Carlow
medieval Leighlin
now Leighlin
medieval St Peter
  • Rachel Moss

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Feature Sets
Description

The church is a plain rectangular structure (13.2 m x 7 m). The W gable and S wall have been largely rebuilt. No doors or windows survive.

History

Not known. Not recorded in Gwynn and Hadcock. The graveyard was largely overgrown until 1990 when it was cleared by a local community group. Gravestones in the churchyard indicate that it was in use until the beginning of the 19thc.

Features

Loose Sculpture

Comments/Opinions

The moulding appears to be 12thc., and may have belonged to a doorway or chancel arch.

Bibliography

E. O'Toole, ' The Parish of Ballon', Journal of the Kerry Historical and Archaelogical Society, 9, 1930-33, 306-8.

A. Brindley and A. Kilfeather, Archaeological Inventory of County Carlow, Dublin, 1993, 71.