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- 1. Clonkeen, Limerick, Ireland
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Parish church Small rectangular church with antae at E and W end. (Internal measurements 14.6 m x 5.5 m). Roofless, but with walls fairly well preserved. The W part of the church, incorporating the N window and the fine W doorway is Romanesque, built of roughly coursed large stones, mostly sandstone. The E end was probably rebuilt in the 15thc. of thinner courses of grey limestone with late Gothic windows in the E and S walls.
- 2. Monasteranenagh Abbey, Limerick,
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Cistercian Abbey church The church has a square presbytery, with three lancets in the E wall. The transepts are almost completely destroyed, but originally had three square chapels opening off each transept arm. Only part of the S chapel of the N transept survives, showing the remains of groin or rib vaults. The aisled nave had four plain arches on each side at the E end, and a blank wall separated nave and aisles at the W end. Only part of the outer wall of the S aisle remains, and nothing of the N aisle. The W crossing piers were enlarged as a result of a change of design. The abbey was later reduced in size by blocking the transept arches and inserting a new W wall enclosing the two E bays of the nave. A barrel vault was built over the S transept in the later middle ages.
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