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St Finian, Myshall, Carlow

Location
(52°41′7″N, 6°47′17″W)
Myshall
S 82 60
pre-1974 traditional (Republic of Ireland) Carlow
now Carlow
medieval Leighlin
now Leighlin
medieval St Finian
  • Tessa Garton

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Feature Sets
Description

Small ruined church built of roughly coursed large granite blocks, measuring c. 11 x 5.7 m internally. The W wall and W part of the N wall stand to c. 4 m, while the rest of the N wall, E wall and S wall are c. 1 m high.

Features

Exterior Features

Doorways

Comments/Opinions

The doorway and W wall appear to have been repaired with cement pointing. The doorway is not coursed with the wall and could be a Romanesque insert in an earlier church. The interior of the doorway has traces of a rebate around the arch and jambs and a slot for a bolt or bar on the walls on each side of the door opening.

Bibliography

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