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- 1. St Flannan, Killaloe, Clare, Ireland
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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 re-used grave slabs under the doorway; a font in the nave; a number of re-used 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.
- 2. St Fachtnan, Kilfenora, Clare, Ireland
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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 re-used Romanesque capitals at the corners. A number of stone crosses are situated in the chancel, graveyard and a field W of the church.
- 3. St Senan, Scattery Island, Clare, Ireland
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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.
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