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Detached four-bay double-height single-cell Catholic church, built 1832, extant 1838, originally with single-bay single-storey gabled projecting porch to entrance (south-west) front. In use, 1943. Closed, 1961. Now in ruins. Pitched roof now missing, chevron- or saw tooth-detailed rendered coping to gable to entrance (south-west) front on obelisk-pinnacled kneelers with lichen-covered cut-granite[?] Celtic Cross finial to apex, and no rainwater goods surviving on squared limestone eaves. Coursed rubble limestone walls retaining fragments of fine roughcast surface finish. Pointed-arch window openings with cut-limestone sills[?], and concealed squared limestone voussoirs framing part concrete block infill. Pointed-arch door opening to entrance (south-west) front. Pointed-arch window opening to gable with cut-limestone sill[?], and concealed dressings with no fittings surviving. Interior in ruins including overgrown stepped dais to sanctuary (north-east) with stepped "predella". Set in unkempt grounds.

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Aghoos Catholic Church — Na hEachú [Aghoos]

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