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Fairymount

Mullach na Sí

Fairymount’s limestone church preserves a distinctive Victorian design, with entrances divided by a central buttress and confessionals built into its sides.

Watercolour and fine ink illustration of Church of the Sacred Heart near Fairymount, as photographed in 2014.
Illustration, Church of the Sacred Heart near Fairymount, as photographed in 2014
Recorded locationFairymount53.83154° N · 8.47088° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Approximate recorded location · Logainm.ie

The name

mullachhilltop

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

  • Mullach na Sí · Irish · main form · validated name
  • Fairymount · English · main form

Place & story

A distinctive village church

The Catholic Church of the Sacred Heart at Mullaghnashee was built in 1876. Its Gothic Revival design combines a four-bay nave with an apsidal chancel. A stepped central buttress divides the entrance front and rises towards the bellcote, with doorways on either side. Rock-faced limestone walls contrast with smoothly worked stone around the openings. [2]

Details inside and outside

The church’s side buttresses incorporate small stone-roofed confessionals, an unusual expression of their liturgical purpose in the exterior. The architectural inventory also records stained-glass windows, a timber gallery, the original high altar and communion rails. These surviving features help preserve the character of a nineteenth-century rural place of worship. [2]

Geographic information

Place type
Population centre
County
Roscommon
Civil parish
Tibohine
Coordinates
53.83154, -8.47088 (approximate)
Logainm ID
1167101 ↗

Sources & further reading

  1. Logainm.ie — Fairymount. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
  2. Catholic Church of the Sacred Heart, Mullaghnashee, Fairymount, record 31914003 · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  3. Church of the Sacred Heart near Fairymount, as photographed in 2014 illustration: based on a The Church of the Sacred Heart, Fairymount by David Purchase. AI-assisted watercolour and ink adaptation; cream paper margins added, incidental clutter omitted and fine details simplified. Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0.

Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.