{"id":822,"date":"2012-01-26T15:59:12","date_gmt":"2012-01-26T15:59:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/54.229.91.100\/libraryandarts\/library\/ehistory\/?p=822"},"modified":"2024-06-17T15:20:59","modified_gmt":"2024-06-17T14:20:59","slug":"notes-pollardstown-church","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kildarelibraries.ie\/ehistory\/notes-pollardstown-church\/","title":{"rendered":"NOTES: POLLARDSTOWN CHURCH"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><strong><em><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Notes:<br \/>\nPollardstown Church<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong><em><span style=\"font-size: large;\">James Durney<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Description from \u2018The Journal of the Kildare Archaeological Society\u2019: The churchyard of Pollardstown lies to the north of the Curragh. It contains the east and west gable ends of the old church, in both of which was an unusual feature \u2013 viz., three tall narrow lancet-windows, the centre one higher than those at the sides; those at the east end are now a breach in the wall, but those in the west end are in good condition and of cut stone; as a rule a small single window, ogee-headed or pointed, occupied the east wall of medieval churches. The burial ground is a small one, and headstones are few in number.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Pollardstown was a lightsome and ambitious church of the thirteenth century, an architectural satellite of Kildare Cathedral. From \u2018The Medieval parish churches of County Kildare,\u2019 by Michael O\u2019Neill.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Description from Rev. M. Comerford\u2019s Collections relating to the dioceses of Kildare and Leighlin: Ruin of a Church, 34 feet in length by 26 feet in breadth. The greater portions of the east and west gables remain. In the west gable is a triple lancet window, 6 feet long by 6 inches wide on outside \u2013 splayed within. A similar window appears to have existed in the east end. There is a recess in the south wall beside the place where the altar stood. A portion of a stone vessel, probably a baptismal font, remains; it is 1 \u00bd feet square, and is pierced in centre. The adjoining ground is used as a place of interment.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\n<em><strong>Some descriptions of the thirteenth century church at Pollardstown<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>Some descriptions of the thirteenth century church at Pollardstown<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[119],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-822","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-places"],"blocksy_meta":[],"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Kildare Local Studies","author_link":"https:\/\/kildarelibraries.ie\/ehistory\/author\/localstudies\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kildarelibraries.ie\/ehistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/822","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kildarelibraries.ie\/ehistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kildarelibraries.ie\/ehistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kildarelibraries.ie\/ehistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kildarelibraries.ie\/ehistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=822"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kildarelibraries.ie\/ehistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/822\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kildarelibraries.ie\/ehistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=822"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kildarelibraries.ie\/ehistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=822"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kildarelibraries.ie\/ehistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=822"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}