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Kilcommon Church

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Kilcommon Church
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Listed as Kilcimacan in the ecclesiastical taxation of Elphin in 1306 (Cal. doc. Ire. vol. 5, 224) and situated on the crest at the S end of a low NW-SE spur. The church is a rectangular structure (ext. dims 10.85m E-W; 6.3m N-S) whose W wall, with the doorway and N wall hardly survive. There are 12th-century round-headed windows in the E wall and towards the E end of the S wall. A tomb inside the church which is blocking the E window re-uses a graveslab (RO045-116003-) (L 2m; Wth 1.05; T 0.15m) of Patricia (?) and Column Kelly of Creggan with a Latin inscription and a date of 1685. The slab is incised with a simple cross which has a calvary and fleur-de-lis terminals. The church is within a diamond-shaped graveyard (RO045-116002-) (dims c. 70m E-W; c. 35m N-S) defined by a masonry wall. Enclsoure (RO045-115----) is immediately to the N. (Dunnigan 2009) See the attached view of the E window (001) and general view from the SE (002) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
A local church or high cross; wider significance not recorded.

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