Cruicetown Church

Cruicetown Church
Cill Bhaile Chrúis
Cruicetown Church
53°48′16″N 6°47′37″W / 53.8044°N 6.79366°W / 53.8044; -6.79366Coordinates: 53°48′16″N 6°47′37″W / 53.8044°N 6.79366°W / 53.8044; -6.79366
Location Cruicetown, Nobber, County Meath
Country Ireland
Denomination Church of Ireland
Previous denomination Pre-Reformation Catholic
History
Dedication Saint James
Architecture
Style Romanesque
Years built c. 1200
Specifications
Length 19 m (62 ft)
Width 4.3 m (14 ft)
Nave width 5.55 m (18.2 ft)
Height 2.5 m (8 ft 2 in)
Number of floors 1
Floor area 86 m2 (930 sq ft)
Materials sandstone, mortar
Administration
Diocese Meath
Designations
Official name Cruicetown Church
Reference no. 264

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

Location

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

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

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

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