Ratass Church
Ratass Church | |
---|---|
Rathass Church | |
Teampall Ráth Teas | |
![]() Ratass Church | |
![]() ![]() Ratass Church | |
52°16′01″N 9°40′55″W / 52.267007°N 9.681814°WCoordinates: 52°16′01″N 9°40′55″W / 52.267007°N 9.681814°W | |
Location | Quill Street, Tralee, County Kerry |
Country | Ireland |
Denomination | Catholic (pre-Reformation) |
Architecture | |
Functional status | ruined |
Style | Romanesque |
Years built | 10th century AD |
Specifications | |
Length | 16 m (52 ft) |
Width | 7.5 m (25 ft) |
Number of floors | 1 |
Floor area | 120 m2 (1,300 sq ft) |
Materials | sandstone, limestone, mortar[1] |
Administration | |
Diocese | Ardfert and Aghadoe |
National Monument of Ireland | |
Official name | Ratass Church & Ogham Stone[2] |
Reference no. | 57 |
Ratass Church is a medieval church with ogham stone forming a National Monument in Tralee, Ireland.[3][4]
Location[]
The church is located in a graveyard on Quill Street, in the eastern suburbs of Tralee.[5]
History[]
It is believed that a ringfort or embanked enclosure was built here first (Rath Mhaighe Teas, "fort of the southern plain"),[6] before a sandstone church was erected in the 10th century AD, and served as the centre of Kerry diocese from 1111 to 1117, when the seat was moved to Ardfert.[7] The west gable and part of the nave walls belong to this earlier construction; the rest of the church is later.[8]
Ogham Stone[]
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Ogham_Stone.jpg/220px-Ogham_Stone.jpg)
The Ogham Stone is much earlier; based on the Primitive Irish grammar, it is placed in AD 550–600.[9]
The stone is of fine purple sandstone (145 × 34 × 20 cm), with the inscription [A]NM SILLANN MAQ VATTILLOGG ("name of Sílán son of Fáithloga").[10] It was discovered in 1975 during a cleanup; it had been built into the sides of a 19th-century burial vault.[11]
References[]
- ^ Moody, Theodore William; Martin, Francis X.; Byrne, Francis John; Cosgrove, Art (23 August 1976). A New History of Ireland: Prehistoric and early Ireland. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-821737-4 – via Google Books.
- ^ "National Monuments in State Care: Ownership & Guardianship" (PDF). Ireland: National Monuments Service. 4 March 2009. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
- ^ "Ratass Church (Tralee, Ireland): Top Tips Before You Go (with Photos) - TripAdvisor". www.tripadvisor.ie.
- ^ Petrie, George (23 August 2017). "The Ecclesiastical Architecture of Ireland Anterior to the Anglo-Norman Invasion: Comprising an Essay on the Origin and Uses of the Round Towers of Ireland ..." Hodges and Smith – via Google Books.
- ^ Smith, Charles (23 August 2017). "The Antient and Present State of the County of Kerry: Being a Natural, Civil, Ecclesiastical, Historical, and Topographical Description Thereof ..." Mercier Press – via Google Books.
- ^ Stokes, Margaret, ed. (23 August 1875). "Notes on Irish Architecture: By Edwin, third Earl of Dunraven". Gge Bell – via Google Books.
- ^ Monk, Michael A.; Sheehan, John (23 August 1998). Early Medieval Munster: Archaeology, History and Society. Cork University Press. ISBN 9781859181072 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Ratass Church and Ogham Stone, Rathass Cemetery, Tralee - GoKerry". www.gokerry.ie.
- ^ "CISP - RATAS/1". www.ucl.ac.uk.
- ^ "Ogham in 3D - Ratass". ogham.celt.dias.ie.
- ^ "Ratass Church and Ogham Stone, Tralee, Kerry".
- Religion in County Kerry
- Archaeological sites in County Kerry
- National Monuments in County Kerry
- Former churches in the Republic of Ireland
- Ogham inscriptions
- 6th-century inscriptions
- Buildings and structures in Tralee
- European church stubs
- Irish building and structure stubs