Church

The National Monuments Service's description

On level ground in pasture near W end of the Kilcorney Valley, overlooked by higher ground all around. Named ‘Site of Kilcolmanvara Church’ on the 1842 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. On the OS 25-inch plan (1897), the symbol for ‘Site of’ is shown within a rectangular area (c. 11.8m NE-SW; c. 7.5m NW-SE) defined by a broken line. The Ordnance Survey Letters (Comber 1997, 76) note that it was traditionally believed that this was the site of the oldest church in Kilcorney and that it was dedicated to St Colman Baire. The saint was believed to have lived in the nearby cashel (CL009-023----), c. 280m to the NNW (ibid.). The church has been levelled and all that survive is a low subrectangular cairn (c. 16m NE–SW; c. 8m NW–SE; H c. 1m) covered in reeds. (Large 2011, 74-5)

Compiled by: Olive Alcock and Conn Herriott

Date of upload: 17 December 2021

References

Large, S. 2011 A church and graveyard survey in County Clare. Database and photographic record. Clare County Council. Clare Heritage Forum. The Heritage Council.

Comber, M. (ed.) 1997 The antiquities of County Clare: John O’Donovan and Eugene Curry: Ordnance Survey Letters 1839. Clasp Press. Ennis.