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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 John the Baptist, Killone, Clare, Ireland
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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.
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