placenamesTempleport
Teampall an Phoirt
Saint Patrick’s at Corlough combines an 1857 church with William Alphonsus Scott’s later extension within Templeport electoral division.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Teampall an Phoirt · Irish · main form
- Templeport · English · main form
Place & story
A church extended downhill
Saint Patrick’s Church at Corlough was built in 1857 on a sloping site. The chancel and two sacristies were added in 1910–1911, designed by William Alphonsus Scott. Open arches beneath the extension accommodate the falling ground, making the roadside elevation quite different from the simpler sides of the earlier church. [2]
Changes inside and out
A dedication plaque names P. Smith and the year 1857. The architectural inventory describes the original building as T-shaped, later made cruciform by the chancel extension. Refurbishment in 2001 added an internal gallery with rooms beneath it. Scott’s work and the modern alterations can therefore be distinguished from the nineteenth-century core. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Templeport. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Saint Patrick’s Roman Catholic Church, Corlough, NIAH40400901 · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Corlough townland within Templeport electoral division · Townlands.ie / OpenStreetMap contributors
- Saint Patrick's Church at Corlough, County Cavan, as photographed in August 2013 illustration: based on a St Patrick's RC Church, Corlough by Kenneth Allen. 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 2017-12-01. How this page was prepared.