Ballylarkin Church

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Ballylarkin Church
Ballylarkin Abbey
Cill Bhaile Uí Lorcáin
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Ballylarkin Church
52°43′22″N7°25′39″W / 52.722866°N 7.427629°W / 52.722866; -7.427629
LocationBallylarkin Upper, Freshford, County Kilkenny
Country Ireland
Denomination Church of Ireland
Previous denominationPre-Reformation Catholic
Architecture
Functional statusinactive
Style Late Gothic
Years built1350
Specifications
Length7.9 m (26 ft)
Width5.8 m (19 ft)
Number of floors1
Materials stone
Administration
Diocese Ossory
Official nameBallylarkin Church
Reference no.282

Ballylarkin Church, also called Ballylarkin Abbey, is a medieval church and National Monument in County Kilkenny, Ireland. [1] [2]

Contents

Location

Ballylarkin Church is located beside the road, 2.3 km (1.4 mi) southwest of Freshford. [3]

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. [4]

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. [5] [6] [7]

Church

The church was fortified with a chemin de ronde and a small north entrance. It has a Gothic cut stone window. [8] [9]

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. [10] [11]

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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. National Library of Ireland. 3 (1): 7. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  2. ↑ "Old Kilkenny Review". 1 January 1963 – via Google Books.
  3. ↑ "Ballylarkin Church, Co. Kilkenny". 4 June 2014.
  4. ↑ Raftery, Joseph (1 January 1998). Irish antiquities: essays in memory of Joseph Raftery. Wordwell. ISBN   9781869857257 – via Google Books.
  5. ↑ "Travelmania Ireland - Ballylarkin Abbey / Church, Freshford, County Kilkenny".
  6. ↑ "Ballylarkin Abbey Freshford - Ballylarkin Church - Attractions - Museums and Attractions - All Ireland - Republic of Ireland - Kilkenny - Freshford - Discover Ireland".
  7. ↑ "Ballylarkin Church, Kilkenny".
  8. ↑ "Ireland In Ruins: Ballylarkin Abbey Co Kilkenny".
  9. ↑ Surman, Richard (1 January 2008). Secret Churches. Collins. ISBN   9780007251858 – via Google Books.
  10. ↑ "Ballylarkin Church".
  11. ↑ Weir, Anthony. "Ballylarkin Church".
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