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Kilsheelan

Location
(52°21′29″N, 7°34′30″W)
Kilsheelan
S 29 23
pre-1974 traditional (Republic of Ireland) Tipperary
now Tipperary
medieval not confirmed
  • Tessa Garton

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Description

Nave and chancel church, with N doorway, S window in nave, and plain chancel arch. Only part of the S wall of the chancel remains. The W gable is of later date, with a pointed late gothic window (15thc.?). The S wall of the nave is mostly destroyed.

History

Not known; not recorded in Gwynn and Hadcock.

Features

Exterior Features

Doorways

Windows

Interior Features

Arches

Interior Decoration

Miscellaneous
Comments/Opinions

Leask considered the Romanesque chancel arch and late 12thc. S doorway to be insertions. However, the N window appears to be contemporary with the S doorway and has similar keeled mouldings. The style is transitional, probably c.1200 or early 13thc.

Bibliography

H. G. Leask, Irish Churches and Monastic Buildings, Dundalk, 1955, I , 83.

T. O'Keeffe, Romanesque Ireland, Dublin, 2003, 208-9.