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Clonamery

Location
(52°28′18″N, 7°1′46″W)
Clonamery
S 66 36
pre-1974 traditional (Republic of Ireland) Kilkenny
now Kilkenny
medieval not confirmed
  • Tessa Garton

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Feature Sets
Description

Small nave (14.32m x 5.74m) and chancel (6.7 m x 4.39 m) church. The W facade has antae and a flat-headed W doorway with inclined jambs and a cross in relief on the lintel. The chancel was added in the 12thc., and an out-building, possibly the sacristy (2.84 m x 2.38 m), was added later, probably in the 15th-16thc.

History

The church was an ancient foundation dedicated to St Bronndan. It was recorded as a prebendal church as far back as 1300. According to local tradition the church continued in use as a Catholic chapel up to the defeat of Edward Fitzgerald at the Battle of Aughrim in 1691.

Features

Exterior Features

Windows

Comments/Opinions

The exterior mouldings of the E window are similar to those at St Mary, Ferns (Wexford). Leask considers the nave to have been originally about 9.14 m in internal length before its extension eastwards.

Bibliography

W. Carrigan, The History and Antiquities of the Diocese of Ossory, Dublin, 1905, iv.

H. S. Crawford, "Notes on the church of Cloone or Cloneamery, Co. Kilkenny," JRSAI, 55, 1925, 54.

A. Gwynn, and R. N. Hadcock, Medieval Religious Houses, Ireland, London, 1970, 376.

J. J. Hughes, 'Clonamery Church', Old Kilkenny Review, 9, 1956-7, 27-31.

H. G. Leask, Irish Churches and Monastic Buildings, I, Dundalk, 1955, 70.