placenamesGraniamore
Gráinne Mór
Graniamore’s nineteenth-century church and neighbouring minister’s house form a compact architectural group within a small rural townland.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Gráinne Mór · Irish · main form · validated name
- Graniamore · English · main form
Place & story
The Presbyterian church
Graniamore Presbyterian Church dates from around 1840. Its single-cell form, three-bay nave and small western porch reflect a restrained approach to church design. Paired pointed sash windows light the nave, while diamond-paned lancets mark the eastern end. Inside, the architectural survey records timber wall panelling, a carved wooden pulpit and a single aisle. The raised site and decorative entrance gate give the modest building a clear presence beside the road. [2]
The minister’s house
The adjoining manse, built around 1875, stands west of the church. Its two-storey, symmetrical front has a projecting flat-roofed porch with ornamental iron railings around its roof. A fanlight and sidelights frame the entrance, while timber sash windows, hipped slate roofs and yellow-brick chimney stacks retain the character of the nineteenth-century house. Together, church and manse show how a rural congregation provided both a place of worship and accommodation for its minister. [3]
The townland in the census
The published 1901 census places Graniamore in Toomour parish and records fourteen inhabitants in two occupied houses. Its comparison columns show eighteen residents and four houses in 1881, followed by sixteen residents and three houses in 1891. These totals describe the small townland around the church, rather than the full area served by the congregation. Twenty-six outbuildings and farm structures were also recorded in 1901. [4]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Graniamore. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Graniamore Presbyterian Church, 32403321 · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Graniamore Presbyterian Church manse, 32403320 · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Census of Ireland1901, CountySligo, tableVII page19 · Census Commissioners; Central Statistics Office archive
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.