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What is recorded here

Ruins of a late medieval church stand inside a rectangular graveyard in County Carlow, marked by a pointed granite window, opposed doorways and a pre-Norman cross buried in the west gable. The building may have belonged to Cloydagh or served the Augustinian Monastery of Great Connall, though its origins remain uncertain. Its limestone walls, chancel window and moulded piscina suggest a working parish church where people worshipped, buried their dead and reused older stone across centuries.

The following description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Carlow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of revision: 16 December 2009 Revised by: J. Farrelly In the NE sector of a rectangular graveyard (CW007-039003-). Undifferentiated late medieval parish church of Cloydagh. According to ITA Survey (1945), church attached to Augustinian Monastery of Great Connall, Co. Kildare. Remains consist of rectangular church (ext dims. 19.3m x 7.10m), of limestone rubble with granite quoins. Church has opposed N and S doorways and late medieval window with pointed arch of chamfered granite. Plain window in S wall of chancel. May incorporate parts of earlier structure, suggested by blocked narrow lintelled ope in N wall close to W end. Door in S wall formerly included face mask with bulbous features (possibly modern) on W jamb; arch and jamb now removed. Piscina with moulded granite surround at E end of S wall. Incorporated in W gable is stone with incised cross, of pre-Norman date.

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