Clonkeen Church is a medieval church and a National Monument in County Limerick, Ireland.[1][2][3][4]
| Clonkeen Church | |||||||||
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Teampall Chluain Caoin | |||||||||
  Clonkeen Church | |||||||||
| 52°38′38″N 8°27′36″W / 52.6439°N 8.4599°W | |||||||||
| Location | Clonkeen (Barrington), Murroe, County Limerick | ||||||||
| Country | Ireland | ||||||||
| Denomination | Catholic (pre-Reformation) | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
| Founded | c. AD 600 | ||||||||
| Founder(s) | Saint Mo-Diomog | ||||||||
| Architecture | |||||||||
| Functional status | inactive | ||||||||
| Years built | 15th century AD | ||||||||
| Specifications | |||||||||
| Length | 14.6 m (48 ft) | ||||||||
| Width | 5.5 m (18 ft) | ||||||||
| Number of floors | 1 | ||||||||
| Floor area | 80.3 m2 (864 sq ft) | ||||||||
| Materials | stone, mortar | ||||||||
| Administration | |||||||||
| Diocese | Cashel and Emly | ||||||||
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Location edit
The church is located on the R506 road, near Barringtonsbridge approximately 6 km (3.7 mi) southeast of Annacotty, north of the River Mulkear.[5]
History edit
A monastery was founded here by Saint Mo-Diomog (feast day 10 December)[6] in the 6th or 7th century. [7] The present church dates to the mid-12th century (based on its similarity to Aghadoe Cathedral, dated to 1158).[8]
The church was ruined by 1657.[9]
Church edit
Clonkeen Church is a small rectangular church with antae at the east and west ends. The west part of the church, incorporating the west doorway is Romanesque, built of roughly coursed large stones, mostly sandstone. It has a well-preserved doorway with an arch of three orders, with Romanesque carving around the jambs.[10][11][12]
The capitals and columns with chevrons are similar to those at Aghadoe.[13]
References edit
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- ^ "The Architectural Review". Architectural Press Limited. 10 January 2018 – via Google Books.
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- ^ "Clonkeen Church, County Limerick, Munster, Ireland". ie.geoview.info.
- ^ "Page:The Catholic prayer book.djvu/18 - Wikisource, the free online library". en.wikisource.org.
- ^ "Holdings: Plate showing doorways at Clonkeen Church, Co..." sources.nli.ie.
- ^ "Report of the Research Committee for the Year". Congress of Archaeological Societies. 10 January 2018 – via Google Books.
- ^ "St Mo-Diomog, Clonkeen · The Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain & Ireland". www.crsbi.ac.uk.
- ^ "Cashel & Emly - Early Celtic Monasteries". homepage.eircom.net.
- ^ "The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland". The Society. 10 January 2018 – via Google Books.
- ^ Dowd, James (10 January 1896). "Round about the County of Limerick". McKern – via Google Books.
- ^ "12thc C. - St. Mo-Diomog, Clonkeen, Co. Limerick - Architecture of Limerick - Archiseek - Irish Architecture". 13 March 2017.