Feigh West

Feigh West (Irish: Fia Thiar)^[1] is a townland in the Barony of Ormond Lower, County Tipperary, Ireland. It is located north east of Borrisokane.

Feigh West is located on a hillock at the site of a ruined medieval church of rectangular shape, 19m × 7.5m. The church is surrounded by a grave yard with headstones dated from the 18th to 20th century.^[2] East of the ruins is a disused church of the Church of Ireland, erected in 1813 with funds of the Board of First Fruits.^[3] South-east of the Protestant church is a former two-storey glebe house, built in 1816 and also financed with the assistance of the Board of the First Fruits. It is now used as a private home.^[4]

References[edit]

^ "Fia Thiar / Feigh West". Bunachar Logainmneacha na hÉireann - Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
^ Farrelly, Jean; Caimin O'Brien (2002). Archaeological Inventory of County Tipperary: Vol. I — North Tipperary. Dublin: Stationery Office. p. 242. ISBN 0-7557-1264-1.
^ "Reg. No. 22400706". National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
^ "Reg. No. 22400707". National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Retrieved 18 June 2011.

53°02′20″N 8°05′33″W / 53.0390°N 8.0925°W / 53.0390; -8.0925

[1] "Fia Thiar / Feigh West". Bunachar Logainmneacha na hÉireann - Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 31 October 2021.

[2] Farrelly, Jean; Caimin O'Brien (2002). Archaeological Inventory of County Tipperary: Vol. I — North Tipperary. Dublin: Stationery Office. p. 242. ISBN 0-7557-1264-1.

[3] "Reg. No. 22400706". National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Retrieved 18 June 2011.

[4] "Reg. No. 22400707". National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Retrieved 18 June 2011.

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