What is recorded here

Architectural feature in Inishlounaght is an architectural feature in Inishlounaght, County Tipperary, Ireland. A 19th-century Church of Ireland church built on or near the vanished Cistercian abbey incorporates a Romanesque doorway set in the west wall above the west door. Its two orders of keeled rolls and scalloped capitals date from about 1180 to 1200, while the outer order and hood moulding are 15th-century additions. The engaged columns and bases are missing, and vegetal decoration springs from the capitals in the hollow mould.

Though the Cistercian abbey (TS083-017----) no longer survives, fragments are incorportated in 19th-century C of I church which was built on or near the site of the monastery. These include a Romanesque doorway in the W wall, above the W door. Two orders consist of keeled rolls with scalloped capitals, dated c. 1180-1200 (Stalley 1987, 246-7). The engaged columns and bases are missing. Vegetal decoration springing from the capitals in the hollow mould. The outer order and hood-moulding are 15th-century additions. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

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