Saint Brigid's Church (Kilrush)

Detached three-bay double-height Church of Ireland church, extant 1839, on a rectangular plan comprising two-bay double-height nave opening into single-bay double-height chancel (east); single-bay full-height gabled projecting porch to entrance (west) front. Pitched slate roofs including pitched (gabled) slate roof (porch), roll moulded clay ridge tiles, lichen-covered roll-topped cut-granite coping to gables, coping to gable to entrance (west) front now missing with granite ashlar buttressed gabled bellcote to apex, and cast-iron rainwater goods on rendered eaves retaining cast-iron downpipes. Gritdashed roughcast walls bellcast over rendered plinth. Pointed-arch window openings with cut-granite sills, timber Y-mullions, and cut-granite surrounds having chamfered reveals framing four-over-six timber sash windows without horns having Y-tracery glazing bars. Round-headed window opening (east) with cut-granite sill, timber Y-mullion, and cut-granite surround having chamfered reveals framing fixed-pane fittings having stained glass margins centred on lattice glazing bars. Lancet window openings to gable to entrance (west) front with cut-granite sills, and cut-granite surrounds having chamfered reveals framing four-over-two timber sash windows without horns having Y-tracery glazing bars. Lancet window opening (porch) with cut-granite surround having chamfered reveals framing four-over-four timber sash window without horns having Y-tracery glazing bar. Interior including vestibule (west); full-height interior with timber panelled choir gallery (west) on timber pillars, carpeted central aisle between timber pews, timber panelled pulpit on an octagonal plan with timber clerk's desk, and round-headed chancel arch framing stepped dais to chancel (east) with carved timber communion railing centred on altar below "East Window". Set in landscaped grounds with rendered piers to perimeter having lichen-covered cut-granite shallow pyramidal capping supporting flat iron double gates.