placenamesTempleshanbo
Teampall Seanbhoth
St Colman’s combines an early nineteenth-century tower with later craftsmanship inside.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Teampall Seanbhoth · Irish · main form · validated name
- Templeshanbo · English · main form
Place & story
Building and improvement
St Colman’s Church of Ireland church was built in 1815 with support from the Board of First Fruits. Further work in 1826 produced its present arrangement, followed by consecration in 1827. The entrance tower has three stages, pointed bell openings and ornamental pinnacles. [2]
Inside are carved pews, an octagonal timber pulpit and marble wall monuments. The exposed pitch-pine roof was donated in 1914 by the Reverend Henry Kyle Atkinson. Its timber framework and boarded ceiling are among the features singled out by the national architectural survey, which also records work in 1917 and repairs in 1959. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Population centre
- County
- Wexford
- Barony
- Scarawalsh
- Civil parish
- Templeshanbo
- Coordinates
- 52.58508, -6.68675 (approximate)
- Logainm ID
- 131885 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Templeshanbo. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Saint Colman’s Church, Bola Beg, Templeshanbo — record 15701415 · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.