placenamesMoycarky
Maigh Chairce
The village’s Catholic church combines an eighteenth-century origin with later recorded building work.
The name
These Irish name elements are associated with this record in the Logainm glossary.
An element’s translation is a clue, rather than a complete explanation of the name. Its form and meaning depend on local history and the full Irish name.
Recorded forms
- Maigh Chairce · Irish · main form
- Moycarky · English · main form
Place & story
The church’s form
Saint Peter’s Catholic Church is dated to 1793 by the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Its T-shaped plan has a nave with three bays along each side, single-bay transepts and a chancel. A bellcote rises over the slate-roofed building. [2]
A later building campaign
The Dictionary of Irish Architects records Patrick Joseph Sheahan in connection with building work at the church in 1956. Notices inviting tenders appeared in the Irish Builder that April. This documents a later campaign, although the brief record does not specify the completed alterations. [3]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Moycarky. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Saint Peter’s Catholic Church, Moycarky: 22404709 · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Co. Tipperary, Moycarkey, Church (RC) · Irish Architectural Archive
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2009-04-28. How this page was prepared.