placenamesKilnamanagh
Cill na Manach
Saint John’s at Ballinvack preserves a nineteenth-century church design and stained glass by William Warrington and Son.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Cill na Manach · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Kilnamanagh · English · main form
Place & story
Welland’s design at Ballinvack
Saint John’s Church stands in Ballinvack townland within Kilnamanagh parish. The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage identifies a design signed by Joseph Welland. Its account describes a rectangular nave and chancel, with a small projecting porch and a bellcote above the western end. Cream-coloured Knockavocka stone contrasts with granite around the openings and other details. [2] [3]
The Doyne memorial glass
The eastern chancel window commemorates the Doyne family and bears the 1865 signature of William Warrington and Son of London. The inventory calls it a Trinity Window. Inside, an exposed timber roof rests on granite corbels, while an octagonal granite font, timber pews and a panelled pulpit form part of the recorded furnishings. These observations belong to the architectural survey recorded in August 2007. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Wexford
- Barony
- Ballaghkeen North
- Coordinates
- 52.52857, -6.34902
- Mapped area
- 9.52 km²
- Logainm ID
- 2581 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Kilnamanagh. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Saint John’s Church,Kilnamanagh, NIAH15702134 · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Ballinvack: canonical townland and parish hierarchy · Logainm.ie
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2026-08-06. How this page was prepared.