Kilbroney Church (in Ruins)

North-of-centre in graveyard (14585). Ruinous rectangular church (13.95m E-W; 6.2m N-S); side walls stand to near full height but most of E and W gables collapsed outwards in 1995-6. Entered through doorway W-of-centre in S wall; door surround has pointed arch, segmental arch over embrasure. Further E in S wall is window with splayed and lintelled embrasure, single ogee-headed light with recessed spandrels. North wall is featureless; outer face collapsing at centre and towards E end. West gable sheared off one or two courses above ground level, upper part prostrate and lying largely intact in graveyard. Remains of parish church of Kilbroney. Existing remains late medieval in appearance. Reported 'in ruins' in 1615, abandoned by 1694 (Brady 1863, vol. 2, 248. A church here listed in Papal Taxation of 1291 (ibid.). According to Grove White (1905-25, vol. 3, 233), church rebuilt by Richard Freeman in 1707, but no such alterations noted and Brady (ibid.) has no record the church being used after 1694. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

Kilbroney Church, a ruined rectangular church dating to the medieval period, is dedicated to St Broney and is likely of 12th- to 13th-century origin. Its survival within a graveyard and the style of its remaining stonework suggest a significant local ecclesiastical presence, though its wider historical significance remains undocumented.