Church (in Ruins)

The parish church of Killinvoy, listed as Kilfuymegy in the ecclesiastical taxation of Elphin in 1306 (Ca. doc. Ire. vol. 5, 224). It was impropriate to the abbey of Cloontuskert (RO037-001001-) at the Supression (O'Flanagan 1931 vol. 1, 49). Situated at the bottom of an E-facing slope. The church is a rectangular structure (ext. dims 22.4m E-W; 8.6m N-S) defined by wall footings that had a doorway in the W wall. It is within a wedge-shaped graveyard (RO042-097002-) (dims 48m E-W; 36m N-S at E; 56m N-S at W) defined by masonry walls. A graveslab (RO042-097003-) of Thomas Hinde and Ann Davell with the date 1685 is in the graveyard, and two headstones (RO042-097005-; RO042-097006-) to Loughlin Keogh and Cormack Egan with the dates 1684 and 1699 respectively are just S of the church. A rectangular stoup with the inscription I.M. 1727 is now in Roscommon County Museum. The ring-barrow (RO042-097004-) is c. 50m to the NE. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

The church at Killinvoy was built in the medieval period, likely before 1306, and was dedicated to St. Fuymegy; it was impropriated by the abbey of Cloontuskert and holds significance as a recorded parish church in early ecclesiastical records of the Elphin diocese.