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Kilbreedy Church (in ruins)

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Kilbreedy Church (in ruins)
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Westropp (1904-5, 423) recorded the following details about Kilbreedy Church; 'A parish in Coshlea. Kylbrigd Minor, 1291; Kilbride, 1302; consent to divide the land of Tancardus Russell in Kilbride Minor, Jordan Prendergast had enfeoffed him 1329 (Plea R., 149 of xviii Ed. II, m. 20). Kilbride Minor dedicated to St. Brigid, Feb. 1st, 1410. Also 1418 and 1615. Fabric - It had a nave and choir 30½ feet [9.3m] by 20 feet 9 inches [6.4m], and 23 feet [7m] by 20 feet 9 inches [6.4m]. The middle gable and sides of the choir stood in 1840. There were two south windows, one with two heads ending in a cusp cut out of one block of gritstone (O.S.L., 8, p. 284, and sketch)'. See attached sketch of church window taken from Ordnance Survey Letters Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 25 June 2019
Kilbreedy Church, dedicated to St Bride, was built in the 13th or 14th century and is associated with early Christian settlement in the region. Its ruins reflect a medieval ecclesiastical tradition, with historical references to land divisions and parochial activity in the 13th and 14th centuries.

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