The South Cross is the more damaged of the two High Crosses that stand in the grounds of St John’s Church in Ballymore Eustace. It is of uncertain date and the simplicity of its decoration, combined with the bold triangle…
This cross is carved from three separate pieces of granite; the head constituting one piece, the shaft another, and this is seated into a socketed stepped pyramidal base, which is carved from a single piece that sits on undisturbed ground…
Bell Tower and Steeple. William Hague’s Chapel Tower and Steeple 1902-5 St Patrick’s College Chapel, Maynooth. The magnificent J.J. McCarthy designed chapel completed under William Hague and consecrated in 1891. The wooden stalls. The wooden stalls, of which there are…
The Map of Maynooth Castle published in Volume I, No. 4 of the Journal of the County Kildare Archaeological Society (1894), depicts the Castle complex as it existed following a redevelopment circa 1630. The map has been replotted, relabeled, georectified,…
Temple Carragh, Jigginstown, Naas, Co. Kildare Situated in the townland of Jigginstown, on a pasture rise opposite the seventeenth century ruins of Jigginstown House, lies the ruin of a tiny church known as Temple Carragh. The names would suggest an…
Earthwork Killashee This feature was discovered in June 2021 while reviewing LiDAR imagery provided online by the OPW. It was reported to the National Monuments Service and subsequently classed as an Earthwork. The location of the feature is significant as…
The following article is a brief outline history of Cell Cuilinn, today known as Old Kilcullen, located in Co. Kildare, Ireland. Examined are the possible origins of the site as a missionary period church, the question of who likely founded…
THE WEST HIGH CROSS SHAFT AT OLD KILCULLEN BY SEÁN SOURKE – this article is just a draft – a more complete version is almost finished. The images from the Sway presentation need to be added to this also. This…
Enclosure CLONAGH This previously unrecorded potential enclosure was discovered in February 2020 using Google Earth imagery. It was reported to the National Monuments Service and was allocated monument number KD003-047—- and classed as an enclosure. The perfectly circular enclosure appears…
Enclosure KILLYBEGS DEMESNE A potential trivallate enclosure, visible as a series of semicircular cropmarks, was discovered in March 2019 using Google Earth imagery. This was reported to the National Monuments Service in April 2019 and allocated the monument number KD013-036—-,…
