The Corpus of ROMANESQUE SCULPTURE in Britain & Ireland
Killaloe (now)
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.
Augustinian house, former
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.
Church
Romanesque corbel set into the facade of the 19thc. Roman Catholic Church along with a later medieval carved head, and two pieces of chevron, incorporated into the gateposts of Cadamstown house. These pieces of sculpture reputedly came from Leitir church.
Church
The church is rectangular in plan, 23.5 m x 8 m (Madden), with an internal division separating E and W parts. The W part is earlier, with a lower pitched roof and built of large uncoursed masonry blocks in the lower walls with smaller stones above. There are antae at the W end and a lintelled W door with inclined jambs. The E end is 12thc., of coursed ashlar, with angle shafts flanking the E facade, a chamfered plinth on the N side and a flat-topped plinth on E and S sides. Romanesque sculpture is found on the capitals of the angle shafts at the E end, four windows and a niche in the E section of the church, heads set in the interior S chancel wall and in the exterior E wall, and on a number of loose fragments. There is a plain font of uncertain date.
Church (ruin)
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.
Church (ruin)
A small church, with nave and chancel, located immediately N of what could be a 10thc. 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.
Church (ruin)
A few fragments from the levelled church are in the graveyard, one of which bears Romanesque sculpture.
Church (ruin)
On the site are a ruined church and a round tower. The W and S walls of the church are probably 12thc. while the E wall and possibly also the N wall are 15thc. A 12thc. window survives.
Church (ruin)
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.
Church (ruin)
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.