Kilcoole Church | |||||||||
Native Name: | Cill Chomhghaill | ||||||||
Native Name Lang: | ga | ||||||||
Pushpin Map: | Ireland | ||||||||
Relief: | yes | ||||||||
Coordinates: | 53.1071°N -6.0628°W | ||||||||
Country: | Ireland | ||||||||
Denomination: | Pre-Reformation Catholic | ||||||||
Founded Date: | 12th century | ||||||||
Dedication: | Mary, mother of Jesus | ||||||||
Style: | Celtic Christianity | ||||||||
Years Built: | 12th century | ||||||||
Length: | 23m (75feet) | ||||||||
Width: | 6m (20feet) | ||||||||
Height: | 9m (30feet) | ||||||||
Floor Count: | 1 | ||||||||
Floor Area: | 140m2 | ||||||||
Materials: | stone | ||||||||
Diocese: | Dublin | ||||||||
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Kilcoole Church, also called Old Kilcoole Church, is a medieval church and National Monument in Kilcoole, County Wicklow, Ireland.[2]
Kilcoole Church is located on Lott Lane in the centre of Kilcoole village, 1.5km (00.9miles) west of the seashore. At 6°03′46″W, it is the easternmost of the Republic of Ireland's National Monuments.
The church derives its name from a Saint Comgall (not the famous Comgall of Bangor).[3] The church was built in the 12th century and was dedicated to Mary, mother of Jesus.
Thady Byrne of Ballygannon, a senior member of the O'Byrne family, was buried at Kilcoole Church in 1707.[4]
The church is a nave and chancel structure. The chancel probably once had a step-pitched stone roof, with a small attic roof over the chancel. The nave has a square baptismal font, a cross slab and a small round-headed window in the south wall.[5]
The west part of the church was added later as a two-storey living quarters.[6]
A holy well is located 100m (300feet) to the northeast.