Ballyhoura (Limerick) County Limerick
New Church replaced an older chapel which was used by the Earls of Desmond. The present structure dates from 1679 a simple rectangular building.
It was endowed with a chalice and patten which bear the inscription of The guift of the Right Honourable Rachel Countess Dowager of Bath to her chapel-of-ease Logh Guir, Ireland 1679.
The famed poet harper Thomas O Connellan who died in 1698 in Bourchiers Castle is buried here in an unmarked grave as is Owen Bresnan (1847-1912) local poet and historian who composed Teampall Nua and Sweet Lough Gur side.
Type of Building:
Church
Some communities associated with this building
Some ancestors associated with these communities
Some buildings associated with these communities
Some timeline events associated with this building
1900
The 1901 Irish Census of Croom, Limerick, Ireland
31st Mar 1901
1640
Cromwells lands during 17th century in Ireland
15th Aug 1649
2010
Local graveyards in Croom and neighbouring townlands
29th Jan 2018