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Why this matters

A local church or high cross; wider significance not recorded.

Overview

Church in ruins — Killillane is recorded as Church in Wexford. Located on a small triangular W-E promontory (dims c. 90m E-W c. 70m N-S at W) of rock outcrop with sea-cliffs on the N (H c. 2m) and SE (H c. 5m) sides.

Foundation and growth

The saved account records: This is the parish church of St Helens parish within a subrectangular graveyard occupying the promontory.

People and events

The saved account records: Located on a small triangular W-E promontory (dims c. 90m E-W

Damage, loss and survival

The saved account records: There is a collapsed entrance (Wth 1.45m) in the W wall and a small destroyed window towards the E end of the N wall.

Why it mattered

Church in ruins — Killillane matters because the source ties church to this exact landscape and preserves evidence that a bare map name loses. The saved account adds: H 0.8m) and a scarp (H 1.5m) at N, but only one headstone and a grave-marker are visible.

History checked 15 August 2026 against the named sources below.

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