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Mayglass

Location
(52°14′30″N, 6°31′19″W)
Mayglass
T 01 11
pre-1974 traditional (Republic of Ireland) Wexford
now Wexford
medieval not confirmed
  • Tessa Garton

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Feature Sets
Description

Ruined nave and chancel church, (total l. 25.6 m; max w. 7.88 m). The W and E gables are are ivy-covered, and little else is left standing, apart from a section of the S wall with a moulded doorway.

History

The earliest references to the church date from the early 14thc. ('The Past', 1925, 29-32, from Moore 1996, 128).

Features

Exterior Features

Doorways

Comments/Opinions

The Romanesque doorway was repaired in 1914 ('The Past', 1921, 148-9 from Moore 1996, 128).

The keeled mouldings of the S doorway suggest a date in the late 12thc. or early 13thc.

Bibliography

M. Moore, Archaeological Inventory of Co. Wexford, Dublin, 1996, 128.