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St Peter, Templeport, Church of Ireland
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Built with a loan from the Board of First Fruits to hold some 200 persons the church is typical in style and size of many Church of Ireland parish churches built in the early nineteenth century. It was remodelled and enlarged by Welland & Gillespie in 1860. The church retains most of its original materials and features and is well composed with a rich and well-balanced interior. Despite the many lakes in the county, the church is unusual in its lakeside setting at the end of a lane. In former times the approach to the gates from the east was lined by a number of houses and outbuildings, one of which remains to the north side of the road. The approach road retains good definition with boundary hedges and trees. The church adds strong definition to the architectural and landscape character of its setting.
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There has been a church at this site since the 12th century. There are Roman references to a church here in 1414 and 1426. It probably replaced the old church on St. Mogue's Island and was acquired by Queen Elizabeth in 1590. It started use as a Protestant church in about 1610. The name Templeport comes from the Irish 'Teampall An Phoirt' which translates to 'Church of the landing place'
[ St Peter's Church Templeport ]
On a hill beside the lake in Td. Port the modern church occupies a pre-Reformation site which is marked on the Baronial Map as Aghavanme. There are no ancient remains.
[The Churches of County Cavan, O. Davies, The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, Vol. 78, No. 2 (Dec., 1948), p. 116]
In 1868, the parish of Templeport contained the following places:
"TEMPLEPORT, a parish in the barony of Tullyhaw, county Cavan, province of Ulster, Ireland, 5 miles W.S.W. of Ballyconnel. Bawnboy is its post town. The surface consists chiefly of mountain waste. The interior is crossed by the road from Killeshandra to Ballyconnel. The parish includes Bawnboy and eight lakes. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Kilmore, value £449, in the patronage of the bishop. The church, which stands on the bank of a lake, was built in 1815, partly by means of a loan from the late Board of First Fruits. There are four Roman Catholic chapels, four public, and ten private schools. The chief residences are Bawnboy, Brackley Lodge, and Corville. At the island of Inch are the ruins of the abbey of St. Maedock, founded in the 6th century, also the ruins of a monastic establishment at Kilnavat. Fairs are held on 23rd May, 12th August, and 23rd November."
[Transcribed from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868]
by Colin Hinson ©2018
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