placenamesKilleeneen
Cill Fhínín
A 2023 conservation study identifies successive building phases in the parish church at Killeeneen More.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Cill Fhínín · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Killeeneen · English · main form
Place & story
Two phases in the south wall
Killeeneen More’s medieval church and graveyard lie within Killeeneen civil parish. Frank Coyne’s October 2023 draft conservation plan distinguishes earlier masonry in the south wall, dated to the twelfth or thirteenth century, from an upper section probably rebuilt in the fifteenth. The later work reused dressed stones from the earlier building. This interpretation reads the surviving wall as a record of alteration, rather than a structure built entirely at one date. [2]
A door secured from inside
The study records a pointed doorway inserted in the south wall during the fifteenth-century phase. A deep socket and a corresponding receiving hole accommodated a drawbar, allowing the door to be locked from within. The researchers also distinguished the standing western and southern walls from low grassy ridges marking the lost northern and eastern sides. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Killeeneen. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Killeeneen Medieval Parish Church: draft Conservation and Management Plan,9October2023,pp11,29–32 · Frank Coyne, lead author, ÆGIS Archaeology Limited
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.