Kiltiernan_Church
Kiltiernan Church
Church in County Galway, Ireland
Kiltiernan Church is a medieval church and National Monument in County Galway, Ireland.[2][3]
| Kiltiernan Church | |
|---|---|
Cill Tiarnáin | |
| 53.188048°N 8.843033°W / 53.188048; -8.843033 | |
| Location | Kiltiernan East, Kilcolgan, County Galway |
| Country | Ireland |
| Denomination | Celtic Christianity |
| Architecture | |
| Functional status | inactive |
| Architectural type | Celtic Christianity |
| Years built | 8th century |
| Specifications | |
| Length | 16 m (52 ft) |
| Width | 4 m (13 ft) |
| Number of floors | 1 |
| Materials | stone |
| Administration | |
| Diocese | Galway |
| Official name | Kiltiernan |
| Reference no. | 446[1] |
Kiltiernan Church is located 2.9 km (1.8 miles) south-southeast of Kilcolgan, east of Tullynafrankagh Lough.[4]
There are no written records of Kiltiernan. It is believed to have been founded by a Saint Tiernan in the 5th century AD, with the surviving stone church dating to the 8th century.[5]
When it was excavated, an enclosure wall not parallel to the church was found.[6]
A stone church with a flat-headed trabeate doorway, sloping jambs and single lintel;[7] and a chancel added later.[8][9] The east window is triangle-headed and formed of two stones.[10]
The enclosure covers 1.55 hectares (3.8 acres). The outlines of over 20 structures (mostly house-sites) can be discerned as mounds, and over 16 sub-enclosures.[11]
- "National Monuments of County Galway in State Care" (PDF). heritageireland.ie. National Monument Service. p. 6. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
- Comber, Michelle (15 May 2018). Native evidence of non-ferrous metalworking in early historic Ireland. J. and E. Hedhes. ISBN 9781841713809 – via Google Books.
- "Cashel and early church. Kilcolgan, Kiltiernan, Galway, Ireland – aerial photo". www.cambridgeairphotos.com.
- Marshall, Jenny White; Rourke, Grellan D. (15 May 2018). High Island: An Irish Monastery in the Atlantic. Town House and Country House. ISBN 9781860591211 – via Google Books.
- Harbison, Peter (1 May 1975). Guide to the national monuments in the Republic of Ireland: including a selection of other monuments not in state care. Gill & Macmillan. ISBN 9780717107582 – via Internet Archive.
Kiltiernan.
- McGrath, Thomas (1 January 2008). Carlow: History & Society : Interdisciplinary Essays on the History of an Irish County. Geography Publications. ISBN 9780906602386 – via Google Books.
- Valor, Magdalena; Carmona, Maria Antonia (15 May 2018). IV European symposium for teachers of medieval archaeology: Sevilla-Córdoba : 29th september-2nd october : 1999. Universidad de Sevilla. ISBN 9788447206858 – via Google Books.
- O'Dowd, Peadar (5 October 2004). A History of County Galway: A comprehensive study of Galway's history, culture and people. Gill & Macmillan Ltd. ISBN 9780717165438 – via Google Books.