placenamesKillodiernan
Cill Ó dTiarnáin
Brick window surrounds and a pinnacled tower give the church its recorded character.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Cill Ó dTiarnáin · Irish · main form · validated name
- Killodiernan · English · main form
Place & story
Different materials around the windows
Killodiernan Church at Johnstown dates from 1811. Its architectural survey records pointed nave windows with brick surrounds and timber sliding sashes, while dressed stone frames openings elsewhere. The church’s western tower rises through three stages to pinnacles and battlements. A short chancel projects beyond the nave, and a gabled porch stands on the north side. The building sits within a graveyard, enclosed by a limestone wall and stone gate piers. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Tipperary
- Barony
- Ormond Lower
- Coordinates
- 52.92941, -8.24701
- Mapped area
- 17.92 km²
- Logainm ID
- 2190 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Killodiernan. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Killodiernan Church, NIAH22401405 · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.