Jump to content

Cruicetown Church

Coordinates: 53°48′16″N 6°47′37″W / 53.8044°N 6.79366°W / 53.8044; -6.79366
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Cruicetown Church
Cill Bhaile Chrúis
Cruicetown Church is located in Ireland
Cruicetown Church
Cruicetown Church
53°48′16″N 6°47′37″W / 53.8044°N 6.79366°W / 53.8044; -6.79366
LocationCruicetown, Nobber, County Meath
CountryIreland
DenominationChurch of Ireland
Previous denominationPre-Reformation Catholic
History
DedicationSaint James
Architecture
Heritage designation
Official nameCruicetown Church
Reference no.264
StyleRomanesque
Years builtc. 1200
Specifications
Length19 m (62 ft)
Width4.3 m (14 ft)
Nave width5.55 m (18.2 ft)
Height2.5 m (8 ft 2 in)
Number of floors1
Floor area86 m2 (930 sq ft)
Materialssandstone, mortar
Administration
DioceseMeath

Cruicetown Church is a medieval church and National Monument in County Meath, Ireland.[1]

Location

[edit]

Cruicetown Church is located 3.6 km (2.2 mi) southwest of Nobber, near the top of a hill overlooking the River Dee.[2]

History

[edit]

Cruicetown is named after the Cruise family, ancestors of actor Tom Cruise. The church was built c. 1200, as evidenced by the round-headed windows with external rabbets for shutters. A church of the "vill de Cruicetoun" is listed in the ecclesiastical taxation (1302–06) of Pope Nicholas IV. It was described as ruined by 1641.[3]

Church

[edit]

Cruicetown Church is a nave and chancel. Within the nave is a red sandstone baptismal font and several carved fragments.

In the chancel is the double effigy tomb of Walter Cruice of Naul (d. 1663) and Elizabeth Cruice of Brittas which was erected in 1688 by their son Patrick Cruise.[4] The grave is decorated with trumpet-blowing putti. A carved cross also stands in the graveyard.[5]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "Tom Cruise's Irish Ancestry - Overview - Eneclann". Archived from the original on 29 June 2016. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
  2. ^ "megalithomania.com".
  3. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 April 2016. Retrieved 26 August 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ^ "Log into Facebook". Facebook. {{cite web}}: Cite uses generic title (help)
  5. ^ "Cruicetown Church".