Hospital Church

Hospital Church is a medieval fortified church of the Knights Hospitaller and a National Monument in Hospital, County Limerick, Ireland.[2][3]

Hospital Church
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Hospital Church
52.476269°N 8.432607°W / 52.476269; -8.432607
LocationBarrysfarm, Hospital, County Limerick
CountryIreland
DenominationCatholic (pre-Reformation)
Architecture
Functional statusinactive
Years builtby 1215
Closed1540
Specifications
Length35 m (115 ft)
Width9 m (30 ft)
Number of floors1
Floor area315 m2 (3,390 sq ft)
Materialsstone, mortar
Administration
DioceseLimerick
Designations
National Monument of Ireland
Official nameHospital Church
Reference no.194[1]

Location

The church is located on Main Street, Hospital, to the west of the R513.[4]

History
Knights Hospitaller presided over by Grand Master; late 15th century.

The church was founded before 1215 by Geoffrey de Marisco (d. 1245) as a commandery of the Knights Hospitaller who had owned land in the area since 1200.

The church was dissolved in 1540 during the Dissolution of the Monasteries and then leased, along with its contents, to William Aspley and then to the Browne family.

Church

This is a fortified church built for defence with high walls, prominent base batter and narrow arched windows.

A tower sits at the west end with a partial barrel vault on the second floor.

In the west wall is a medieval carving of the crucifixion of Jesus.

On the interior of the east wall are two 13th/14th tombs with effigies:[5]

  • a double tomb depicting a knight and his wife[6]
  • Geoffrey de Marisco (?)
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References
  1. Lee, Gerard A. (20 December 1996). "Leper hospitals in medieval Ireland: with a short account of the Military and Hospitaller Order of St Lazarus of Jerusalem". Four Courts Press – via Google Books.
  2. "Hospital, Church, Co. Limerick". www.thestandingstone.ie.
  3. Committee, Commonwealth Shipping (25 May 2017). "Report". H.M. Stationery Office – via Google Books.
  4. https://www.limerick.ie/sites/default/files/hospital_local_area_plan_2012.pdf
  5. Killanin, Baron Michael Morris; Duignan, Michael V. (20 December 1989). "The Shell guide to Ireland". Gill and Macmillan – via Google Books.
  6. Bartlett, Thomas; Jeffery, Keith (9 October 1997). "A Military History of Ireland". Cambridge University Press – via Google Books.
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