Ratass Church

Ratass Church
Rathass Church
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Ratass Church
Ratass Church is located in Ireland
Ratass Church
Ratass Church
52°16′01″N 9°40′55″W / 52.267007°N 9.681814°W / 52.267007; -9.681814
LocationQuill Street, Tralee, County Kerry
CountryIreland
DenominationCatholic (pre-Reformation)
Architecture
Functional statusruined
StyleRomanesque
Years built10th century AD
Specifications
Length16 m (52 ft)
Width7.5 m (25 ft)
Number of floors1
Floor area120 m2 (1,300 sq ft)
Materialssandstone, limestone, mortar[1]
Administration
DioceseArdfert and Aghadoe
Official nameRatass Church & Ogham Stone[2]
Reference no.57

Ratass Church is a medieval church with ogham stone inscriptions in Tralee, County Kerry, Ireland. It is a National Monument.[3][4]

  1. ^ Moody, Theodore William; Martin, Francis X.; Byrne, Francis John; Cosgrove, Art (23 August 1976). A New History of Ireland: Prehistoric and early Ireland. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-821737-4 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ "National Monuments in State Care: Ownership & Guardianship" (PDF). Ireland: National Monuments Service. 4 March 2009. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
  3. ^ "Ratass Church (Tralee, Ireland): Top Tips Before You Go (with Photos) - TripAdvisor". www.tripadvisor.ie.
  4. ^ Petrie, George (23 August 2017). "The Ecclesiastical Architecture of Ireland Anterior to the Anglo-Norman Invasion: Comprising an Essay on the Origin and Uses of the Round Towers of Ireland ..." Hodges and Smith – via Google Books.