Ballylarkin Church | |
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Ballylarkin Abbey | |
Cill Bhaile Uí Lorcáin | |
52°43′22″N7°25′39″W / 52.722866°N 7.427629°W | |
Location | Ballylarkin Upper, Freshford, County Kilkenny |
Country | Ireland |
Denomination | Church of Ireland |
Previous denomination | Pre-Reformation Catholic |
Architecture | |
Functional status | inactive |
Style | Late Gothic |
Years built | 1350 |
Specifications | |
Length | 7.9 m (26 ft) |
Width | 5.8 m (19 ft) |
Number of floors | 1 |
Materials | stone |
Administration | |
Diocese | Ossory |
Official name | Ballylarkin Church |
Reference no. | 282 |
Ballylarkin Church, also called Ballylarkin Abbey, is a medieval church and National Monument in County Kilkenny, Ireland. [1] [2]
Ballylarkin Church is located beside the road, 2.3 km (1.4 mi) southwest of Freshford. [3]
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]
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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