placenamesKillogilleen
Cill Ó gCillín
A 2023 conservation survey distinguishes the medieval church’s earlier eastern fabric from later alterations at its western end.
The name
These Irish name elements are associated with this record in the Logainm glossary.
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Recorded forms
- Cill Ó gCillín · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Killogilleen · English · main form
Place & story
Reading the church’s surviving walls
Frank Coyne’s 2023 conservation plan identifies two principal building phases at Killogilleen Church, within the parish of the same name. The eastern gable and parts of the south wall belong to a twelfth- or thirteenth-century church. A later window was inserted into the south wall, while the western end acquired a barrel-vaulted structure. The survey interprets a room above that vault as a probable priest’s residence. Architectural fragments also survive around the graveyard, including pieces of a doorway reused as grave markers. These observations concern the remains recorded in 2023; the proposed residential use remains an interpretation. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Killogilleen. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Conservation Management Plan for Killogilleen Church and Graveyard, final report, 16 November 2023 · Frank Coyne, lead author, ÆGIS Archaeology Limited
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.