placenamesBurriscarra
Buiríos Ceara
An architectural survey distinguishes the small parish church from the neighbouring friary at Castlecarra.
The name
A reliable full-name meaning has not been established here. The recorded Irish and English forms are given without an unsupported translation.
Recorded forms
- Buiríos Ceara · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Burriscarra · English · main form
Place & story
Doors and an altered east window
Fiona White and Yvonne McDermott’s survey describes Burriscarra’s medieval parish church as a rectangular, single-chamber building east of the friary. Two doorways survive in its north wall. Later masonry reduced the east window and left the opening off centre; the authors caution that its original appearance cannot be reconstructed confidently from the surviving remains. Smaller square-headed windows are better preserved. These alterations show that the ruin incorporates successive interventions, although the survey does not assign each change a date. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Burriscarra. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Burriscarra Medieval Ecclesiastical Complex, parish church, printed page33 · Fiona White and Yvonne McDermott; The Bevir Trust Archaeological Fund
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.