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Kileenemer Church
Killeenemer Church
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Kileenemer Church is located in Ireland
Kileenemer Church
Kileenemer Church
Location in Ireland
52°12′56″N 8°19′42″W / 52.215483°N 8.328405°W / 52.215483; -8.328405
Location Killeenemer, Ballindangan, County Cork
Country Ireland
Denomination Catholic (pre-Reformation)
Architecture
Functional status ruined
Style Romanesque
Years built c. 12th century AD
Specifications
Length 17 m (56 ft)
Width 9 m (30 ft)
Height 1.5 m (4 ft 11 in) (max height of remaining walls)
Number of floors 1
Floor area 160 m2 (1,700 sq ft)
Materials stone, mortar
Administration
Diocese Cloyne

Kileenemer Church is a medieval church and a National Monument in County Cork, Ireland.

Location

The church is located 2.5 kilometres (1.6 mi) south of Ballindangan, to the east of the River Funshion.

History

Window detail, Kileenemer Church, North Cork
Window detail

The church was built around the 12th century. A change in masonry style in the south wall shows that the church was extended eastwards at some point after its initial construction.

The etymology is uncertain; it may have originally been Cillín Íomair, "Ivor's little church."

Church

Sky Window, Kileenemer Church, North Cork.
Sky window

The church is rectangular, with the roof absent. The west wall has a central doorway with rounded arch. The antae at the corners of the west wall have been partly rebuilt. Many of the stones bear horseshoe-shaped mason's marks.

Around is an early ecclesiastical enclosure. A bullaun is nearby.

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