Dunkerrin
Dún Cairin
Village
Road signage on the R445 near Dunkerrin
Road signage on the R445 near Dunkerrin
Dunkerrin is located in Ireland
Dunkerrin
Dunkerrin
Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 52°55′N 7°55′W / 52.917°N 7.917°W / 52.917; -7.917
CountryIreland
ProvinceLeinster
CountyOffaly
Time zoneUTC+0 (WET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-1 (IST (WEST))

Dunkerrin (Irish: Dún Cairin)[1] is a small village in County Offaly, Ireland, just south of Roscrea and near the County Tipperary border. It is on the R445 road which was once the main road from Dublin to Limerick. Dunkerrin is now bypassed by the M7, the nearest access is junction 23 at Moneygall.

Amenities

The local national (primary) school, Scoil Muire, first opened in 1943.[2] The village's Roman Catholic church, dedicated to St Mary, was built in 1978 on the site of an earlier 19th century church.[3]

Structures of note

Local sites of architectural note include the remains of Franckfort Castle which was built about 1730. Though now demolished, the ruined remains include a Gothic style curtain wall, entrance and towers.[4]

The construction of Dunkerrin's Church of Ireland church was funded by the 'Board of First Fruits' and completed around 1820. It is a four bay nave church with a three-stage tower. A stile in the stone boundary wall which encloses the church yard provides access to Frankfort Castle. A wall plaque reads, 'This wall was built by Francis Rollestown Esq. In the year 1757’.[5]

There is a late 19th century cast-iron water pump at the crossroads in Dunkerrin.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Dún Cairin / Dunkerrin". logainm.ie. Irish Placenames Commission. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
  2. ^ "History of Our School". dunkerrinsns.scoilnet.ie. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
  3. ^ "Our Community - Dunkerrin Village". moneygall.ie. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
  4. ^ "Franckfort Castle, Dunkerrin, County Offaly". buildingsofireland.ie. National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
  5. ^ "Dunkerrin Church of Ireland Church, County Offaly". buildingsofireland.ie. National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
  6. ^ "Pump, Franckfort, Dunkerrin, County Offaly". buildingsofireland.ie. National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Archived from the original on 28 February 2020.


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