Ballymacadam Ch. (in ruins)

On the break of a N-facing slope, incorporated in farm buildings. According to Power (1908, 22) this church was a dependency of the Augustinian Abbey at Cahir (TS075-048002-). Rectangular church (dims. 8.2m x 18m; E wall is 1m T; N wall is 0.9m T; S wall is 0.8m T) in a largely disused farmyard. The church has been converted into a barn, the walls lowered (H 3.3m), the W gable rebuilt above 1m of the original wall and the building re-roofed with corrugated iron. There is a high base-batter (H 1.45-2m x W 0.12-0.2m). Some rough boulders used at the foundation which project out beyond the line of the wall and bedrock at the SW angle formed foundation for the W gable. A farm building abutts the church at the W end of the S side. A large doorway has been inserted in the S wall. The original stonework, apart from some cut limestone quoins, has been rendered externally with concrete and a cement floor laid internally. The S wall W of the inserted doorway is also rendered with concrete. There is a watertank at the E end of the S wall, in a concrete casing. The E gable (H c. 6m) has a centrally-placed, pointed, two-light narrow window with a limestone mullion. At the E end of the N wall there is a single-light window whose original head is missing. W of centre in the N wall a rectangular opening has been inserted (H 1.55m; W 1.08m) with crude limestone surrounds. At the W end of the N wall there is an inserted single-light window. A flat-headed single-light window has been inserted roughly central in the W gable, 2.5m above ext. ground level with surrounds of crude limestone blocks. There is an aumbry at the E end of the S wall, 1.2m above int. ground level and 0.37m from the E gable, and a possible blocked opening (H c. 0.9m; Wth 0.85m) 0.76m W of the aumbry and 1.53m above int. floor level. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 20 January 2014

Ballymacadam Church, a rectangular structure measuring 8.2m x 18m, was likely built as a dependency of the Augustinian Abbey at Cahir in the medieval period, probably between the 12th and 14th centuries. Its significance lies in its historical association with the Cahir Abbey, reflecting the spread of Augustinian influence in the region.