Derryvella
Mainistir Chathair Dún Iascaigh | |
  Location within Ireland | |
| Monastery information | |
|---|---|
| Other names | Doire-mor; Daire-mor |
| Established | mid-7th century AD |
| Diocese | Cashel and Emly |
| Architecture | |
| Status | ruined |
| Style | Celtic |
| Site | |
| Location | Derryvella, Littleton, County Tipperary |
| Coordinates | 52°37′05″N 7°40′09″W / 52.617942°N 7.669079°W |
| Public access | yes |
| Official name | Derryvella Early Medieval Ecclesiastical Site[1] |
| Reference no. | 533 |
Derryvella, known as Daire Mór, is a medieval Christian monastery and National Monument located in County Tipperary, Ireland.[2] Disambiguation Derryvella (Corlough) townland, County Cavan.
Location
[edit]Derryvella is located on a natural rise in bog, to the east of Lough Derryvella, 5.2 kilometres (3.2 mi) southwest of Littleton, County Tipperary.[3]
History
[edit]This may be the same site as Daire Mór ("great oakwood"), founded by Colmán of Derrymore; although others claim that Daire Mór is actually the site at Longfordpass North, and that the site at Derryvella is Doire Meille, associated with Tigernach of Clones and reputedly the second-oldest churchyard in Ireland.[4][5]
A monastery existed here from the mid-7th century AD.
Description
[edit]Derryvella is a circular enclosure, measuring 150 metres (490 ft) north-south and 125 metres (410 ft) east-west.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "National Monuments in State Care: Ownership & Guardianship, 4th March 2009 - Tipperary South" (PDF). National Monuments Service (Ireland).
- ^ Star, Tipperary (1987). "Gortnahoe-Glengoole: A Guide" – via Google Books.
- ^ "Expedition Magazine - Irish Archaeology". www.penn.museum.
- ^ "Derryvella". slieveardagh.com.
- ^ "The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland". The Society. 25 September 2017 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Expedition". University Museum of the University of Pennsylvania. 25 September 1973 – via Google Books.