Sheepstown Church facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Sheepstown Church
Ballynageragh
Cill Bhaile na gCaorach
52.4849°N 7.243442°W / 52.4849; -7.243442
Location	Sheepstown, Knocktopher, County Kilkenny
Country	Ireland
Denomination	Church of Ireland
Previous denomination	Pre-Reformation Catholic
History
Dedication	Saint Muicín
Architecture
Functional status	inactive
Style	Hiberno-Romanesque
Years built	12th/13th century
Specifications
Length	14 m (46 ft)
Width	6 m (20 ft)
Number of floors	1
Floor area	62.5 m2 (673 sq ft)
Materials	sandstone
Administration
Diocese	Ossory
Designations National Monument of Ireland Official name Sheepstown Church Reference no. 73

Sheepstown Church is a medieval church and National Monument in County Kilkenny, Ireland.

Location

Sheepstown Church is located 1.8 km (1.1 mi) west of Knocktopher, immediately west of Junction 10 of the M9.

History

The church at Sheepstown is dedicated to St Muicín, bishop and confessor (d. 630). The stone church was built during the 12th or 13th century, at a period when the Irish church was moving from a monastic to a diocesan setup.

Church

The church is Hiberno-Romanesque and simple in design. The west doorway has simple bead moulding, as do the four corners of the gables. The door in the south may have led to the sacristy. High in the northwest corner is a corbel called the "clock-stone", perhaps the gnomon of a sundial.