placenamesTempleboy
Teampall Baoith
Two neighbouring stone buildings preserve Templeboy’s nineteenth-century parish landscape.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Teampall Baoith · Irish · main form · validated name
- Templeboy · English · main form
Place & story
Stonework and stained glass
The Church of the Immaculate Conception at Templeboy was built around 1870. Its cruciform plan combines a five-bay nave with projecting transepts. Rubble limestone walls, dressed stone around the pointed windows and wrought-iron roof finials distinguish the exterior. Five-lobed circular windows add another pattern to the stained-glass openings. [2]
A school beside the church
Templeterrace National School dates from about 1876. The architectural survey recorded the former schoolhouse in use as a church hall in 2004. Its three-bay stone front has a projecting entrance porch, while a limestone stile survives in the boundary wall. A path bordered by limestone bollards links the school and church grounds. [3]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Templeboy. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Church of the Immaculate Conception, Lugdoon, Templeboy — record 32401205 · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Templeterrace National School, Cartron, Templeboy — record 32401204 · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.