Church

The National Monuments Service's description

Situated at the edge of a plateau with a valley to the E. This is a medieval parish church on the site of an earlier monastery associated with St Canice. The later church is of nave and chancel type with a vaulted porch entrance (dims. L 12.8m, Wth 7.25m). Built of coursed limestone masonry. The W gable of nave is heavily buttressed and contains a round segmental arched window with a circular window above. On W side of nave is a round arched window, partly blocked and a later pointed window inserted. The chancel is narrower than the nave and entered through a pointed arched opening. There is a sandstone piscina along the S wall and pointed arched aumbrey close by. The chancel was originally lit by a double-light cusped, ogee-headed window (L 7.6m, Wth 5.6m. ). The S aisle is entered through wide round arches with pillars. There is a blocked pointed doorway in S wall of S aisle (dims. L 13.2m, Wth 3.15m; see Stubbs 1916, 27-45; Anon 1987, 451-4). In the SE corner of the chancel are two 17th century graveslabs, one commemorating Richard Treswell d. 1672 (DU014-066015-) the other to the Ryves family dates from 1647 (DU014-066016-).

Compiled by: Geraldine Stout

Date of upload: 26 August 2011

References

Anon. 1897b Proceedings. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 27, 446-60.

Stubbs, W.C. 1916 Finglas, County Dublin, Vestry Books. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 46, 27-42.