
What is recorded here
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The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as EARLY MEDIEVAL, MEDIEVAL & POST-MEDIEVAL CHURCH SITE: DRUMBOO; ST. MALACIAS OF CRUMLIN. Recorded period: E.CHRIST.; MEDIEVAL; LATE-MED; POST-MED. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.
St. Malachy's Church at Drumboo, dedicated to the 12th-century saint St. Malachy of Crumlin, was originally built in the early medieval period and later rebuilt or expanded during the medieval and post-medieval eras. It is significant as part of the historical Christian landscape associated with St. Malachy, a key figure in the reform of the Irish Church.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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