The church is thought to have been a cell of Ferns Abbey. It apparently no longer belonged to Ferns in 1541. In 1641 the lands on which it stands were granted to the Ram family, descendants of Dr. Thomas Ram, Bishop of Ferns. The initial destruction of the church appears to have been by insurgents in the 1798 rebellion. The church was in ruins by 1826 (Brewer) and by 1840 (OS letters) was more or less leveled.