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Freestanding Catholic church, built 1877-8, comprising five-bay nave, semi-circular apse to the north-east, single-bay single-storey gable-fronted former sacristy or porch to the east end of the south-east side of nave, and with offset round four-stage tower belfry attached to the north end of the entrance gable to the west. Modern glazed flat-roofed entrance porch to the south-west having single-storey sacristy (on circular-plan) attached to the south-west end, built 1983. Pitched artificial slate(?) roof to main body of building with concave ashlar sandstone eaves course, serrated terracotta ridge tiles, and with raised ashlar sandstone gable copings to the south-west end with kneeler stones at eaves level and cut stone cross finial to gable apex. Conical slate roof to apse having wrought-iron Celtic cross finial over. Conical slate roof to round tower having wrought-iron Celtic cross finial over. Pitched natural slate roof to former sacristy to the south-east having concave ashlar sandstone eaves course, serrated terracotta ridge tiles, and with raised ashlar sandstone gable coping to the south-east gable end with kneeler stones at eaves level and cut stone cross finial to gable apex. Some cast-iron rainwater goods. Snecked rock-faced limestone construction brought to courses with flush ashlar sandstone stringcourses, two stepped clasping buttresses to the south-west end of the south-east elevation and one to the north-east end of the north-west elevation having feathered ashlar coping over. Chamfered ashlar sandstone string course to the base of tower and to the south-west side of nave. Section of ashlar sandstone masonry to base of tower having projecting ashlar sandstone stringcourse. Cut sandstone date plaque to the gable end of former sacristy reading ‘MEMORIAL CHURCH RAPHOE, 1878, St. EUNAN’S, REV. B. KELLY PP’. Round-headed window openings to nave and apse having chamfered ashlar sandstone block-and-start surrounds, chamfered ashlar sandstone sills, and leaded stained and coloured glass windows. Figurative stained glass windows to apse. Round window opening to the south-west gable end and single round window opening to the south-west end of the south-east elevation of nave having chamfered ashlar sandstone surround and leaded window. Two square-headed window openings to the south-east face of former sacristy having chamfered ashlar sandstone surrounds and sills, and leaded coloured glass windows. Round-headed window openings to tower having chamfered ashlar sandstone surrounds and sills, and leaded coloured glass windows; eight round-headed openings to tower at belfry level having chamfered ashlar sandstone surrounds and timber louvers. Main round-headed doorway to the south-west end of nave (now in porch) having chamfered ashlar sandstone surround, ashlar sandstone hoodmoulding over with carved sandstone foliate label stops, and with modern double-doors with leaded glass to upper section. Main doorway flanked to either side by carved limestone font built into wall. Square-headed doorway to the north-east side of former sacristy having chamfered ashlar sandstone surround, haunched ashlar sandstone lintel over, and with modern double-doors. Square-headed doorway to the north-east side of belltower having chamfered ashlar sandstone surround, haunched ashlar sandstone lintel over, and with battened timber double-doors with wrought-iron hinges. Later sacristy addition to the south-west having conical slate roof, windows matching the nave, and squared and snecked rock-faced limestone walls. Modern square-headed doorways and windows to porch. Plaque above double doors to extension reads ‘Erected by Very Rev. Dead Patrick Deegan 1983’. Interesting interior with open brace-trussed roof structure supported on moulded stone corbels, timber boarded ceiling, ashlar colonnettes to altar area with Hiberno-Romanesque capitals, timber balustrade to choir gallery with cast-iron column supports, and marble altar goods. Set back from road in own grounds to the south-west of the centre of Raphoe with modern boundary walls and gates to site. Set of Celtic cross-type memorials to the north-west side of nave and graveyard to the south-east. Rubble stone grotto to south-east with Marian statue.
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