Brides Church (in ruins) — Waterstown

The church was granted to John Eustace of Harristown in 1592 (Tickell 1958, 313-4), and was referred to as the parish church of St. Bridget in a Royal Grant to Sir Maurice Eustace in 1627 (ibid 1960, 408). In the NE sector of a graveyard (KD019-002002-). Described in 1986 (SMR File) as the very poorly preserved remains of a rectangular, nave and chancel structure with the S corner of the chancel and part of the E gable standing to full height (dims. of nave L c. 15.5m E-W; Wth 7.7m; chancel L 7m E-W; Wth 4m), and possibly the remains of a dividing wall. There was a narrow light in the E gable and another in the S chancel wall, close to the SE corner, both with deep rear splays, and the SE corner contained a small cupboard and a piscine recess. The division into nave and chancel is no longer easily identifiable. The surviving limestone masonry comprises large, roughly rectangular quoins, lower random courses of roughly rectangular limestone blocks with smaller, more rounded stones above. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 10 June 2011