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Ballylarkin Church

Coordinates: 52°43′22″N 7°25′39″W / 52.722866°N 7.427629°W / 52.722866; -7.427629
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Ballylarkin Church
Ballylarkin Abbey
Cill Bhaile Uí Lorcáin
Ballylarkin Church is located in Ireland
Ballylarkin Church
Ballylarkin Church
52°43′22″N 7°25′39″W / 52.722866°N 7.427629°W / 52.722866; -7.427629
LocationBallylarkin Upper, Freshford, County Kilkenny
CountryIreland
DenominationChurch of Ireland
Previous denominationPre-Reformation Catholic
Architecture
Functional statusinactive
StyleLate Gothic
Years built1350
Specifications
Length7.9 m (26 ft)
Width5.8 m (19 ft)
Number of floors1
Materialsstone
Administration
DioceseOssory
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]

Location

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

History

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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

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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

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  1. ^ Mease, James (1860). "Sheelanagig from the old church of Ballylarkin, Co..." The Journal of the Kilkenny and South-East of Ireland Archaeological Society. 3 (1). National Library of Ireland: 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". Archived from the original on 25 March 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  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".