Catholic Chapel, church in County Kerry (KE058-151----)

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What is recorded here

On the E side of a road in the village of Ballyhar. The church is cruciform in ground plan (long axis NE-SW) with transepts at the NE end. The main door is in the SW wall. The walls are rendered externally with exposed cut limestone detail. There is a bellcote on top of the SW gable. Lewis (1837, vol. 1, 74) described this church as 'a modern building'. It is still in use.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KE058-151

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