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Coordinates: 52°3838N 8°2736W / 52.6439°N 8.4599°W / 52.6439; -8.4599
 

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Clonkeen Church
Teampall Chluain Caoin
Clonkeen Church is located in Ireland
Clonkeen Church

Clonkeen Church

52°38′38N 8°27′36W / 52.6439°N 8.4599°W / 52.6439; -8.4599
LocationClonkeen (Barrington), Murroe, County Limerick
CountryIreland
DenominationCatholic (pre-Reformation)
History
Foundedc. AD 600
Founder(s)Saint Mo-Diomog
Architecture
Functional statusinactive
Years built15th century AD
Specifications
Length14.6 m (48 ft)
Width5.5 m (18 ft)
Number of floors1
Floor area80.3 m2 (864 sq ft)
Materialsstone, mortar
Administration
DioceseCashel and Emly
Designations

National monument of Ireland

Official nameClonkeen Church
Reference no.84

Clonkeen Church is a medieval church and a National MonumentinCounty Limerick, Ireland.[1][2][3][4]

Location

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The church is located on the R506 road, near Barringtonsbridge approximately 6 km (3.7 mi) southeast of Annacotty, north of the River Mulkear.[5]

History

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A monastery was founded here by Saint Mo-Diomog (feast day 10 December)[6] in the 6th or 7th century. [7] The present church dates to the mid-12th century (based on its similarity to Aghadoe Cathedral, dated to 1158).[8]

The church was ruined by 1657.[9]

Church

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Clonkeen Church is a small rectangular church with antae at the east and west ends. The west part of the church, incorporating the west doorway is Romanesque, built of roughly coursed large stones, mostly sandstone. It has a well-preserved doorway with an arch of three orders, with Romanesque carving around the jambs.[10][11][12]

The capitals and columns with chevrons are similar to those at Aghadoe.[13]

References

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  1. ^ Commons, Great Britain Parliament House of (10 January 2018). "Papers by Command". H.M. Stationery Office – via Google Books.
  • ^ Tierney, Mark (10 January 1966). "Murroe and Boher: the history of an Irish country parish". Browne and Nolan – via Google Books.
  • ^ "The Architectural Review". Architectural Press Limited. 10 January 2018 – via Google Books.
  • ^ "Ahane (C.) Lisnagry - The Schools' Collection". dúchas.ie.
  • ^ "Clonkeen Church, County Limerick, Munster, Ireland". ie.geoview.info.
  • ^ "Page:The Catholic prayer book.djvu/18 - Wikisource, the free online library". en.wikisource.org.
  • ^ "Holdings: Plate showing doorways at Clonkeen Church, Co..." sources.nli.ie.
  • ^ "Report of the Research Committee for the Year". Congress of Archaeological Societies. 10 January 2018 – via Google Books.
  • ^ "St Mo-Diomog, Clonkeen · The Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain & Ireland". www.crsbi.ac.uk.
  • ^ "Cashel & Emly - Early Celtic Monasteries". homepage.eircom.net.
  • ^ "The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland". The Society. 10 January 2018 – via Google Books.
  • ^ Dowd, James (10 January 1896). "Round about the County of Limerick". McKern – via Google Books.
  • ^ "12thc C. - St. Mo-Diomog, Clonkeen, Co. Limerick - Architecture of Limerick - Archiseek - Irish Architecture". 13 March 2017.

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