Kilcoe Church (in Ruins)

In centre of graveyard (CO140-033001-), ruins of rectangular church (19.15m E-W, 7.94m N-S). Door W of centre in S wall has pointed arch with linteled embrasure. Window near E end of S wall and central E window both have cusped, ogee-headed lights with linteled embrasure; E window has hood moulding. Stoups in lintelled recesses near E end of S wall and W of centre in N wall. Wall-press near S end of E wall. Remains of broken altar under E window (Chavasse 1923, 14). The church was in ruins by 1615 (Brady 1863, vol. 2, 494). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

Kilcoe Church, a rectangular ruin with pointed arch features, was likely built in the 13th or 14th century and may have been dedicated to Saint Kierán or a local patron. Its location within a graveyard and architectural style suggest it was a small medieval parish church, significant as a regional example of early Christian to Gothic transition in ecclesiastical architecture.