Ballylarkin Church, also called Ballylarkin Abbey, is a medieval church and National Monument in County Kilkenny, Ireland.[1][2]
| Ballylarkin Church | |
|---|---|
| Ballylarkin Abbey | |
Cill Bhaile Uí Lorcáin | |
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  Ballylarkin Church | |
| 52°43′22″N 7°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 |
Location
editBallylarkin Church is located beside the road, 2.3 km (1.4 mi) southwest of Freshford.[3]
History
editThe 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
editThe 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]
Gallery
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Corbel in outside wall -
Piscina -
Gothic corbels
References
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ "Old Kilkenny Review". 1 January 1963 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Ballylarkin Church, Co. Kilkenny". 4 June 2014.
- ^ Raftery, Joseph (1 January 1998). Irish antiquities: essays in memory of Joseph Raftery. Wordwell. ISBN 9781869857257 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Travelmania Ireland - Ballylarkin Abbey / Church, Freshford, County Kilkenny". Archived from the original on 25 March 2016.
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- ^ "Ballylarkin Church, Kilkenny".
- ^ "Ireland In Ruins: Ballylarkin Abbey Co Kilkenny".
- ^ Surman, Richard (1 January 2008). Secret Churches. Collins. ISBN 9780007251858 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Ballylarkin Church".
- ^ Weir, Anthony. "Ballylarkin Church".