Church in Maynooth, County Kildare

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What is recorded here

St. Mary's Church incorporates parts of an earlier, manorial church, including the E tower, associated with Maynooth castle (KD005-015----). The E wall of the tower has four late medieval windows, while the N wall has a series of slit opes. The top portion with crenelations is modern. The tower has a basal batter. At the W side of the tower there are two round-headed opes (both blocked), probably doorways from an upper storey in the original church.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KD005-016

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Kmcnamee, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

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