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Killiney church and Graveyard/Cill Éinne (Cill Aighne/the church of Aighne): This site lies in the village of Killiney at the base of the Magharees peninsula. The present large rectangular graveyard may enclose the site of an Early Christian foundation (KE036-003003-). Stone foundations, formerly outside the S wall of…

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Killiney church and Graveyard/Cill Éinne (Cill Aighne/the church of Aighne): This site lies in the village of Killiney at the base of the Magharees peninsula. The present large rectangular graveyard may enclose the site of an Early Christian foundation (KE036-003003-). Stone foundations, formerly outside the S wall of the graveyard, were locally reputed to be the remains of an 'ancient monastery' (CKFC 1946), but these were destroyed when the graveyard was recently extended (local information). The parish church is first mentioned in the Papal Taxation List (1302-7) for the diocese of Ardfert (Cal Docs Ire, V, 295). In 1473, the church (KE036-003001-) had long been void (Cal Pap Reg, 13, 336) but its inclusion in a list of parochial churches for the diocese of Ardfert in 1622 (TCD Ms 2158, 94) indicates that it was probably subsequently refurbished. The church was in ruins in 1756 (Smith, 70). The modern Church of Ireland church was erected in the early 19th century (OSNB Killiney, book 2, 10), directly S of the latter. A large stone cross stands beside the S wall of the modern edifice. A bullaun stone, now preserved in the yard of the Roman Catholic chapel in Castlegregory, was formerly incorporated in the wall of the graveyard (KAS). Part of a font basin, most likely contemporary with the ruined church, was discovered built-in to an overground tomb in the graveyard, and a fragment of carved stone, also probably from the medieval church, has been reused as a gravemarker near the SE corner of the building. Tobar Einne (KE036-001----) lies about 500m to N of this site. Stone Cross (KE036-003004-): A large sandstone cross, with hollowed angles, dressed to a smooth finish on all sides. It stands 2.86m high and is a maximum of 0.49m wide and an average of 0.18m thick. Bullaun Stone (KE036-003005-): A large irregularly-shaped boulder, unworked except for the large circular depression in the centre of its upper surface. The stone measures a maximum of 1.02m x 0.64m x 0.33m thick and the bullaun is c. 0.33m in diameter and 0.11m deep. Font (KE036-003006-): The surviving fragment represents about half of the lower portion of an octagonal basin. The sloping sides have for the most part been broken away. The central hourglass-shaped perforation is from .05 to .03m in diameter. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 854.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KE036-003003

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