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MEDIEVAL PARISH CHURCH; GRAVEYARD; HOLY WELL: KINAWLEY CHURCH or CELL NAILE or ST. NAILE'S WELL in Lismonaghan

MEDIEVAL PARISH CHURCH; GRAVEYARD; HOLY WELL: KINAWLEY CHURCH or CELL NAILE or ST. NAILE'S WELL
MEDIEVAL PARISH CHURCH; GRAVEYARD; HOLY WELL: KINAWLEY CHURCH or CELL NAILE or ST. NAILE'S WELL in Lismonaghan
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Kinawley Church and St. Naile's Well in Lismonaghan belonged to a medieval parish where worship, burial and water joined in one place. The church may have stood beside the graveyard while the well gave drink, cleansing or prayer to whoever came through rain or heat. That combination suggests a busy local centre where ordinary life repeated itself around faith, death and refreshment.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as MEDIEVAL PARISH CHURCH; GRAVEYARD; HOLY WELL: KINAWLEY CHURCH or CELL NAILE or ST. NAILE'S WELL. Recorded period: MED/L.MED; LATE-MED. Recorded protection: Scheduled. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.
Medieval parish church and holy well, dating to the Late Medieval period. The site is significant as a religious and burial complex associated with St. Naile, reflecting the spiritual and communal life of the medieval Irish landscape.

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