Waterford Placenames

Placename : St. Patrick's

Administrative Details:

• Barony : Waterford City

Description:
The ancient church from which the parish is named occupied the site of the present Protestant church in Patrick Street, and was called Teampall Phádraig. Some cut-stone mullions and transels from the earlier church will be found built into the churchyard wall to the rear of the houses in Carrigeen Lane. In the cemetery are many monuments and inscriptions of interest.

Old Irish Typeface

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Related Resources

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Online Books and Journals
Full-text monographs, journals, and articles of Waterford Interest include useful resources for Affane:

• The Place-Names of Decies by Patrick Power. (Dublin; Cork University Press, 1952)
• Parish Files [Waterford County Library]
• The Parliamentary Gazetteer of Ireland 1843-44 [Waterford extracts]
• Ordnance Survey Letters [1841] by John O'Donovan
• Irish Tourist Authority Survey [1941-45]

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