Clonamery Church
Cill Chluain Iomaire
Clonamery Church is located in Ireland
Clonamery Church
Clonamery Church
52°28′01″N 7°01′54″W / 52.466944°N 7.031667°W / 52.466944; -7.031667
LocationClonamery, Inistioge, County Kilkenny
CountryIreland
DenominationChurch of Ireland
Previous denominationPre-Reformation Catholic
Architecture
Functional statusinactive
StyleCeltic Christianity
Years built9th or 10th century
Specifications
Length23 m (75 ft)
Width10 m (33 ft)
Number of floors1
Materialsstone
Administration
DioceseOssory
Official nameClonamery Church
Reference no.77

Clonamery Church is a medieval church and National Monument in County Kilkenny, Ireland.[1]

Location

Clonamery Church is located 3 km (1.9 mi) southeast of Inistioge, on the north bank of the River Nore.[2]

History

St Broonahawn (pattern day 16 May) founded a monastery at Clonamery. The present church was built in the 9th or 10th century.[3]

The Romanesque chancel was added in the 12th century, while the out-building (sacristy) be 15th/16th century, and a bell-cote was added at the same time.

Tradition states that the church continued in use until 1691, when Edward Fitzgerald of Cloone Castle died at the Battle of Aughrim.

Church

Clonamery is a nave-and-chancel church with a sacristy built of roughly dressed stones not laid in regular courses with a slight batter. There is a flat-headed west doorway with a cross pattée above the lintel and antae in the west gable.[4] The bell-cote had room for two bells: a sanctus bell and a bell for calling the people to prayer.[5]

A pillar-stone of early date was found at Clonamery. It is made of greenish slate and bears three crosses and two cup marks. There are some cross slabs and a grave slab also.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Boardman, Steve; Davies, John Reuben; Williamson, Eila (15 August 2013). Saints' Cults in the Celtic World. Boydell Press. ISBN 9781843838456 – via Google Books.
  2. ↑ Henry, Françoise (1 January 1940). "Irish Art in the Early Christian Period". Methuen & Company, Limited – via Google Books.
  3. ↑ "Clonamery, County Kilkenny".
  4. ↑ "Early Monastic Churches".
  5. ↑ "Clonamery Church".
  6. ↑ "THE HANDSTAND".
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