Garfinny Church

Garfinny Church
Teampall na Gairfeanaí[1]
Garfinny Church is located in Ireland
Garfinny Church
Garfinny Church
52°08′53″N 10°14′03″W / 52.147965°N 10.2342°W / 52.147965; -10.2342
LocationGarfinny, Dingle, County Kerry
CountryIreland
DenominationCatholic (pre-Reformation)
Architecture
Functional statusruined
Specifications
Materialsgreenschist, clay
Administration
DioceseArdfert and Aghadoe
Designations
Official nameGarfinny Cemetery[2]
Reference no.64

Garfinny Church is a medieval church and National Monument in County Kerry, Ireland.[3][4]

Location

Garfinny Church is located in an ancient graveyard, with an area of 0.776 ha (1.92 acres). It lies 2.3 km (1.4 mi) east-northeast of Dingle.[5][6]

Description

Of the ancient church only the east gable survives; about 3.7 m (12 ft) tall and made of greenschist.[7]

One stone in the graveyard bears the inscription: Here lie Maurice Kennedy and his wife Judith Carrane, James Kennedy and his wife Alice Moriarty Achillon - said Maurice and James were the sons of John, son of Maurice, son of John Kennedy, who in the days of Cromwell left Nenagh in Ormond and settled in the Parish of Garfinach. This stone is consecrated to their memory by Jos. Kennedy, M.D., and the Revd. James Kennedy, P.P. of Dingle, sons of the said James, A.D. 1816. This illustrates the transfer of the O'Kennedys, among many other Irish clans and people, from Munster to Kerry during the Cromwellian land confiscations.[8]

References

  1. ^ "S.I. No. 599/2011 - Placenames (Ceantair Ghaeltachta) Order 2011". Irish Statute Book.
  2. ^ "National Monuments in State Care: Ownership & Guardianship" (PDF). Ireland: National Monuments Service. 4 March 2009. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
  3. ^ Ireland, Royal Society of Antiquaries of (27 August 2018). "The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland". The Society – via Google Books.
  4. ^ "Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland". The Society. 27 August 2018 – via Google Books.
  5. ^ https://www.pressreader.com/ireland/the-kerryman-north-kerry/20160203/282982514002498 – via PressReader. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. ^ Mitchell, Brian (27 August 1990). A Guide to Irish Churches and Graveyards. Genealogical Publishing Com. ISBN 9780806312668 – via Google Books.
  7. ^ O'Donovan, John (27 August 1983). "The Antiquities of the County of Kerry". Royal Carbery Books – via Google Books.
  8. ^ "Re: Patrick Kennedy Dingle, Ir". Genealogy.com.


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