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St. Michans parish Church was built in 1685-6 on an earlier site with a foundation date of c. 1197 (McNeill 1950, 70). The present church is entered through a classical W doorway into a rectangular galleried interior with a stair turret in the NE angle. The interior is lit by two round- headed windows in the N wall.…

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St. Michans parish Church was built in 1685-6 on an earlier site with a foundation date of c. 1197 (McNeill 1950, 70). The present church is entered through a classical W doorway into a rectangular galleried interior with a stair turret in the NE angle. The interior is lit by two round- headed windows in the N wall. The vaults with their mummified cadavers date from the 17th century (Mems. Dead, VII, 1907-9, 78-85). In the S wall of the chancel is a coffin-shaped slab bearing the effigy of a bishop of 13th century date (DU018-346; Hunt 1974, 139). In the churchyard are seven 17th memorials commemorating John Steel 1654 (DU018-347----), James Luttrell 1667 (DU018-348----); John Hore 1662 (DU018-349----); Robert & Elizabeth Johnson 1670 (DU018-350----), Barth Hadsor 1669 (DU018-351----); Alexander Johnson 1692 (DU018-353----) and one fragment unidentified (DU018-354----). A monument to Robert Tighe 1673 (DU018-352----) is built into the W wall of the S transept (Bradley and King 1987, 2, 121; FMD map 1978, F 12).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record DU018-020084

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