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1. St Brecan, Doora, Clare, Ireland

Church
A small church of irregular oblong plan, 17.8m x 7.26m at the E end narrowing to 6.55m at the W (Westropp 1900a, 443), with a plain lintelled doorway in the N wall. The W gable has fallen. The E gable is ivy covered, and has a round-headed two-light window with roll mouldings on the exterior. There are two windows in the S wall, the E one covered in ivy, the W one (with the archstone now fallen and lying on the ground) round-headed with a wide interior splay and a chamfer and roll moulding on the exterior. There are two carved corbels in the S wall, but their condition is too eroded to enable their date to be established.
2. Dysert O'Dea Castle, Dysert O'Dea, Clare, Ireland

Castle
A late medieval castle, housing an Archaeology Centre. Two loose fragments displayed in the castle bear 12thc. sculpture; (i) was discovered in rubble outside Dysert O'Dea churchyard in 1985 and (ii) was found in the churchyard at Rathblathmaic.
3. St Tola, Dysert O'Dea, Clare, Ireland

Church
The church consists of nave and chancel, 21.64m x 7.24m and 6.4m x 7.26m (see plan in Westropp 1900a, 416), both now roofless. The S nave wall is in line with the S chancel wall as far as a projection to W of S doorway, and appears to have been rebuilt to the N of an original line incorporating some stones with angle roll and fillet. The chancel arch is therefore not central in relation to the nave. The chancel arch is plain and of a single square order on slightly inclined jambs with chamfered impost blocks. The base of the E wall seems 12thc. (and in its original location) and retains some corner stones with angle rolls in the two lower courses on the NE corner and the third course on the SE corner. The N nave wall is extensively rebuilt, especially at the W end, and has a later Gothic window at the E end. The W wall is totally rebuilt. The chancel has three pointed E windows with plain chamfered mouldings on the exterior. The gable over the chancel arch has a belfry. The major Romanesque decoration of the church consists of the limestone S doorway (rebuilt, not in its original location) and the W window (rebuilt from fragments of a number of windows). There is a round tower near the NW corner of the church, and a 12thc. high cross in the field to the E of the church.
4. St Mary, Inchicronan, Clare, Ireland

Augustinian priory from 1189; parish church by 1302; briefly a friary church (1584)
A long narrow church, 20.12m x 5.03m (Westropp), with no separation of nave and chancel. The walls at the W end of the church stand approx. 2 m high; the E end with its gable survives to full height. A sacristy (on N side of chancel) and S transept were added in the 15thc., as were a domicile or conventual buildings at the W end of the nave on the S side. The S doorway to the nave retains jambs only, which seem to be late medieval. Romanesque sculpture is found in the E gable window.
5. Church of the Wounded Men, Inishcealtra, Clare, Ireland

Church
A small rectangular oratory or chapel, with three doors on N, W and S, and an altar against the E wall. There are square mouldings at the exterior angles.
6. St Brigid, Inishcaltra, Clare, Ireland

Church
A small rectangular single cell church, 5.9 m x 3.6 m, situated within a walled enclosure. Romanesque sculpture is found in the W doorway and set into the gable above. The entrance of the enclosure to the S of the church also bears shallow mouldings formed by incised lines on its inside face.
7. St Caimin, Inishcaltra, Clare, Ireland

Monastic church (disused), Parish church by early 14thc.
The church has a nave and chancel, 9.29 m x 6.1 and 4.44m x 3.81m respectively (Westropp, Leask). The nave has antae at both E and W ends. The chancel contains a stone altar. There is a round tower SW of the church. Romanesque sculpture is found in the W doorway, on the chancel corbel table, the S windows, the chancel arch and altar, and on two crosses set against the N wall of the nave. The W doorway was reconstructed in 1979-80, and the nave has recently been re-roofed.
8. St Flannan, Killaloe, Clare, Ireland

Cathedral church
A large aisleless cruciform early gothic church with a central tower over the crossing. The transept is almost central, with the choir slightly longer than the nave. Total length approx. 55 m., w. across transept approx. 39 m. (Nave 18.59m x9.14m; chancel 19.8m x 9.14m; N transept 7.21m x 5.86m; S transept 9.57m x 6.88m - Westropp). The choir has a large three-light E window, and there is a double window in the E wall of the S transept. Tall, narrow, pointed windows in the chancel, the N wall of the N transept, the S and W walls of the S transept and in the nave, with a single recessed exterior order (chamfered in the S transept and nave). The choir and transept contain a series of richly carved transitional or early gothic corbels. The W facade has clasping buttresses with angle rolls. Romanesque sculpture is also found on a number of features: capitals in the aumbries flanking the E window; a richly decorated doorway in the S wall of the nave; two reused grave slabs under the doorway; a font in the nave; a number of reused Romanesque stones incorporated into the fabric of the church, and some loose stones stored in the vestry. There is also a stone cross from Kilfenora in the nave.
9. Kilcorney, Clare, Ireland

Church
Ruined nave and chancel,11.58m x 6.4m and 5.18m x 4.72m respectively (Westropp), with only low sections of wall remaining. E gable fallen leaving only base of E window. No features of interest remain in situ, but a carved Romanesque lintel stone lies in the churchyard to the S of the church. There is also a plain font.
10. St Fachtnan, Kilfenora, Clare, Ireland

Cathedral church and crosses
The building has a roofless chancel, with a triple window in the E gable. The sacristy, N of the chancel, is also roofless although the nave is still in use. The nave has traces of pointed arches suggesting the original presence of side aisles (Harbison, 1996). There is an internal staircase in the W gable, which may date partly from the early 13thc. building. The stepped gable with a short pyramidal tower is a later construction, incorporating reused Romanesque capitals at the corners. A number of stone crosses are situated in the chancel, graveyard and a field W of the church.
11. Kilfinaghta, Clare, Ireland

Church
A ruined ivy-covered church, 19.2m x 6.7m (Westropp), now used as graveyard. The W part of the N wall is built of large limestone blocks, irregularly coursed but carefully fitted, providing evidence of an earlier structure. There are yellow sandstone quoins at the E angles, a blocked doorway and sedilia at the E end of the N wall, and a late medieval S door with plain jambs and a chamfered arch. The W wall has collapsed. 13thc. features include a double E window, with aumbry and niche to S. All 13thc. material is of coarse red sandstone with quartz inclusions, the remaining fabric is limestone.
12. St Enda, Killeany, Clare, Ireland

Church
Late medieval nave and chancel church incorporating earlier E gable. There is a small quadrangular window in the N wall and three narrow lancets and a defaced pointed doorway in the S wall. In 1839 a high enclosure is recorded running from N to S along this wall with a doorway in the S, nothing of this now remains. The E window of the church appears to be late Romanesque.
13. St John the Baptist, Killone, Clare, Ireland

Augustinian convent
The church has an undivided nave and chancel, with the E end raised approx. 0.9 m over a vaulted crypt. The E wall has two round-headed windows traversed by a wall-passage and is 11.2 m wide; the church is narrower at the W end. In the 15thc. the present W wall was built, shortening the church, which was originally 39.32 m long, to 26.36 m on the N and 26.82 m on the S side. The N wall was restored and domestic buildings added to the S. The S wall of nave is no longer standing, apart from a partially rebuilt late medieval doorway at W end.
14. St Flannan's 'oratory', Killaloe, Clare, Ireland

Church
The church has a small rectangular barrel-vaulted nave (measuring 8.78m x 5.33m internally) with an upper chamber under a steep gabled stone roof. The chancel is lost but the chancel arch, plain, with chamfered imposts, remains. Small gabled windows survive on the N and S of the nave and in the E gable of the upper chamber. There is a round-headed window at the W end of the upper chamber. The only sculptural decoration is found on the W doorway. A collection of loose carved stone including some Romanesque pieces are housed in the church.
15. Kilvoydaune, Clare, Ireland

Church ruins
A few fragments from the levelled church are in the graveyard, one of which bears Romanesque sculpture.
16. St Mogua, Kilmoon, Clare, Ireland

Church
Ruined church 15.8 m x 5.48 m (Westropp). An early Christian church site, with 15thc. additions to church. There is a holy well in a field to the SW of the church. Romanesque sculpture is found on a loose stone propped up against the wall of the well.
17. St Mogua, Noughaval, Clare, Ireland

Church
The church consists of nave and chancel, 16.15 m x 6.55 m and 8.53 m x 6.4 m respectively (Westropp). The W wall and W end of the nave are in ruins with only the lower walls remaining. The E end is standing but is heavily overgrown with ivy. There are 12thc. windows in the E and S walls of the chancel, these are tall and narrow with a wide splay on the interior. The S window of the chancel is round-headed with a broad hollow chamfer on the exterior. The E window has a simple chamfer on the exterior. There are two later medieval windows in the S wall of the nave. The chancel arch has a plain square arch of one order, with a slight arris roll on the jambs. There is a late Romanesque S doorway at the W end of the nave.
18. St Blathmac, Rathblathmaic, Clare, Ireland

Church
Ruinous, with N and S walls of nave, S wall of chancel and chancel arch remaining. Exterior angle shaft on SE corner of nave. Plain pointed chancel arch. W gable and N and E walls of chancel missing. Some stones from a round tower (demolished in 1838) remain on site, and these and various carved and moulded stones from 12thc. church are reused in walls of church and graveyard enclosure. Nave and chancel, 13.05 m x 7.52 m and 5.58 m x 6.09 m (Westropp).
19. Oratory, Scattery Island, Clare, Ireland

Church
A small church, with nave and chancel, located immediately N of the ?10th century cathedral, c.7.16 m x 3.91 m and 2.67 m x 3.2 m (Westropp, 1900). The altar survives in the chancel. The church has a square W window, and a ruined S doorway.
20. St Senan, Scattery Island, Clare, Ireland

Church
A small ruined church, located north of the round tower, cathedral and oratory. It consists of a nave and a chancel 7.3 m x 5.1 m and 3.3 m x 3.27 m respectively (Westropp, 1900); with some remains of a Romanesque chancel arch. The nave walls and E gable are complete, the chancel walls approx. 1.6 m high. The round-headed E window has a wide interior splay and a rebuilt arch, the S window of the nave has a damaged opening and repaired interior. The S door, with a pointed arch, is later medieval.
21. St Cronan, Temple Cronan, Clare, Ireland

Church
A small roofless oratory approx. 6.65 m x 3.91 m (Westropp), with gables and side walls intact. The lower walls contain large limestone blocks; the quoins are rounded at the angle and some have a slight arris roll. A number of heads and corbels are set into the walls. The original W doorway is blocked with rubble masonry, and a later medieval doorway is inserted into the N wall. Romanesque sculpture is found on the W doorway to the nave, in the E gable window, on a head set above the N doorway, and on various corbels. There is also a plain font. Near the oratory are two house-shaped shrines or tombs, constructed of stone slabs.
22. Tomfinlough, Clare, Ireland

Church
A holy well and ruined church (21.6m x 7.77m) with a large enclosure. The church has S window of two lights which appears to be early gothic, 13thc. Three Romanesque heads are reset inside the wall of the enclosure.