Liathmore Churches (original) (raw)
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Church in County Tipperary, Ireland
| Liathmore Churches | |
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| Teampaill an Liath Mór | |
 Foundations of a round tower |
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  Liathmore Churches |
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| 52°40′14″N 7°40′07″W / 52.67055°N 7.66861°W / 52.67055; -7.66861 | |
| Location | Liath, Two-Mile Borris, County Tipperary |
| Country | Ireland |
| Denomination | Church of Ireland |
| Previous denomination | Catholic |
| History | |
| Founded | 12th century |
| Architecture | |
| Functional status | inactive |
| Specifications | |
| Materials | stone |
| Administration | |
| Diocese | Cashel and Emly |
| DesignationsNational monument of IrelandOfficial nameLiathmore Two ChurchesReference no.266 |
Liathmore Churches are two medieval churches forming a National Monument in County Tipperary, Ireland.
The Liathmore site, also known as 'Liathmore-Mochoemóg',[1] is located in the townland of Leigh (Liath) approximately 2.8 kilometres (1.7 mi) east of the village of Two-Mile Borris.
St Mochoemog (d. 655) founded the monastery here. There are two churches and the footings of a round tower.[2]
The smaller church is the earlier and dates to the early medieval period; the larger church is late medieval and was begun in the 12th century, and contains a number of tombs.[3]
A sheela-na-gig carving, known as the Liathmore Sheela-na-gig, is located on the left hand side of a Romanesque doorway belonging to the larger of the two churches.[4]
The larger church: nave is 41'4" x 18'8" (12.6 x 5.7 m), and the chancel 26'9" x 16'2" (8.2 x 4.9 m). It was originally a single-chamber church with antae at the east end.[5]
The circular foundation proved to be the base of an Irish round tower. As there is no historical record or oral tradition of a tower here it is thought that it must have fallen, and its stones removed, sometime before 1500. The diameter was 15 ft. 6in. (4.7 m).[6]
Liathmore round tower from above
Liathmore sheela na gig
- ^ Leask, H. G.; MacAlister, R. A. S. (1945). "Liathmore-Mochoemóg (Leigh), County Tipperary". Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy. 51: 1–14. JSTOR 25505987.
- ^ "Liathmore, County Tipperary".
- ^ "Twomileborris - Burgeas dha Mhile".
- ^ "Liathmore Churches, Tipperary".
- ^ "St Mochoemog, Liathmore · The Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain & Ireland".
- ^ "61 « Excavations".