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Church in County Kilkenny, Ireland
Ballylarkin Church
Ballylarkin Abbey
Cill Bhaile Uí Lorcáin
Ballylarkin Church is located in IrelandBallylarkin ChurchBallylarkin Church
52°43′22″N 7°25′39″W / 52.722866°N 7.427629°W / 52.722866; -7.427629
LocationBallylarkin Upper, Freshford, County Kilkenny
CountryIreland
DenominationChurch of Ireland
Previous denominationPre-Reformation Catholic
Architecture
Functional statusinactive
StyleLate Gothic
Years built1350
Specifications
Length7.9 m (26 ft)
Width5.8 m (19 ft)
Number of floors1
Materialsstone
Administration
DioceseOssory
National monument of Ireland
Official nameBallylarkin Church
Reference no.282

Ballylarkin Church, also called Ballylarkin Abbey, is a medieval church and National Monument in County Kilkenny, Ireland.

Location

Ballylarkin Church is located beside the road, 2.3 km (1.4 mi) southwest of Freshford.

History

The region was controlled by the Ó Lorcáin until they were ousted by the Anglo-Norman Shorthalls (Schortal) in 1326. James Schortal and his wife Catherine White built the church, a small single-room structure, at Ballylarkin in 1350.

A triple sedilia was later inserted into the south wall in the 14th century. A sheela-na-gig was originally at Ballylarkin but has been moved to the National Museum of Ireland – Archaeology.

Church

The church was fortified with a chemin de ronde and a small north entrance. It has a Gothic cut stone window.

There is a triple sedilia in the south wall. Along the top of the north and south walls is a series of corbel-stones with tracery. Beside the sedilia is a piscina with quatrefoil basin. There is an ambry beside the east window.

Gallery

  • Corbel in outside wall Corbel in outside wall
  • Piscina Piscina
  • Gothic corbels Gothic corbels

References

  1. Mease, James (1860). "Sheelanagig from the old church of Ballylarkin, Co..." The Journal of the Kilkenny and South-East of Ireland Archaeological Society. 3 (1). National Library of Ireland: 7. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  2. "Old Kilkenny Review". 1 January 1963 – via Google Books.
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  4. Raftery, Joseph (1 January 1998). Irish antiquities: essays in memory of Joseph Raftery. Wordwell. ISBN 9781869857257 – via Google Books.
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  9. Surman, Richard (1 January 2008). Secret Churches. Collins. ISBN 9780007251858 – via Google Books.
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