Killarga Church, County Leitrim

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Detached single-cell former Church of Ireland church, built in 1820 with a loan from the Board of First Fruits. Three-bay nave, three-stage castellated entrance tower to west and single-storey vestry. No longer in use. Pitched slate roof with cast-iron rainwater goods and ashlar chimneystack to rear. Random coursed walls with tooled limestone quoins and string courses to tower. Pointed-arched window openings with chamfered limestone surrounds and hood mouldings, timber tracery and cast-iron lattice windows. Tudor-arched door opening to tower with chamfered limestone surround and hood moulding. Graveyard with grave markers dating from early-nineteenth to present. Rubble stone wall and decorative cast-iron gates flanked by ashlar stone piers. Church and graveyard accessed via a tree-lined avenue.

Though derelict now, this former Church of Ireland church must once have supported a large congregation. The structure has immediate architectural appeal with the castellated tower being of particular interest. The setting of the church remains unchanged and contributes to its significance.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 30915003

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