Ardskeagh Church is a medieval church and a National Monument in County Cork, Ireland.[2]

Ardskeagh Church
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Ardskeagh Church is located in Ireland
Ardskeagh Church
Ardskeagh Church
52°19′55″N 8°37′41″W / 52.331832°N 8.627986°W / 52.331832; -8.627986
LocationArdskeagh, County Cork
CountryIreland
DenominationCatholic (pre-Reformation)
History
DedicationSaint Michael
Architecture
Functional statusruined
StyleRomanesque
Years built12th century AD
Specifications
Length14 m (46 ft)
Width9 m (30 ft)
Number of floors1
Floor area125 m2 (1,350 sq ft)
Materialsstone, mortar
Administration
DioceseCloyne
Official nameArdskeagh
Reference no.314[1]

Location

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The church is located 4.4 kilometres (2.7 mi) southeast of Charleville, to the south of the River Awbeg.[3]

History

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Local history claims that it is named for Saint Sciath, a virgin saint who founded a convent here in AD 550. The present stone church was built in the 12th century and dedicated to Saint Michael; it appears in the Papal Taxation of 1302. By 1591 it was abandoned.[4] The church is currently in state guardianship as a National Monument.[5][6]

Church

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The doorway is round-headed, with arch crudely repaired. There is plain, square moulding.[7]

References

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  1. ^ "National Monuments of County Cork in State Care" (PDF). heritageireland.ie. National Monument Service. p. 1. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
  2. ^ "ARDSKEAGH, a parish". Libraryireland.com. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  3. ^ "Ancient Parishes - Mallow Union of Parishes". Mallow.cloyne.anglican.org. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  4. ^ "HISTORICAL AND TOPOGRAPHICAL NOTES" (PDF). Corkpastandpresent.ie. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  5. ^ "ABCD" (PDF). Wcdp.ie. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 March 2017. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  6. ^ "CORK County Development Plan" (PDF). Corkcocoplans.ie. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  7. ^ "Ardskeagh". The Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain & Ireland. Retrieved 9 August 2017.