What is recorded here
According to Power (1907, 291), within the small townland of Decoy 'there is a cill, or early church site, known as Teampull Mochuana - “Mocuana's (or My Cuana's) Church.”' It is associated with an ecclesiastical enclosure (TS076-060002-) but the precise location is unknown within the townland.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
The church in Decoy, known as Teampull Mochuana, was likely built in the early medieval period and is associated with a figure named Mocuana. It reflects an early Christian ecclesiastical tradition, though its wider significance remains locally rooted.
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
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