Thomastown Church

Thomastown Church
Cill Bhaile Mhic Andáin

Aisle arcade
Thomastown Church
52°31′34″N 7°08′21″W / 52.526122°N 7.139052°W / 52.526122; -7.139052Coordinates: 52°31′34″N 7°08′21″W / 52.526122°N 7.139052°W / 52.526122; -7.139052
Location Pipe Street, Thomastown, County Kilkenny
Country Ireland
Denomination Church of Ireland
Previous denomination Pre-Reformation Catholic
History
Founder(s) Thomas FitzAnthony
Architecture
Functional status inactive
Style French Gothic[1]
Years built betwee 1215 and 1229
Specifications
Number of floors 1
Administration
Diocese Ossory
Designations
Official name Thomastown Church
Reference no. 191

Thomastown Church is a medieval church and National Monument in County Kilkenny, Ireland.[2][3]

Location

Thomastown Church is located in the centre of Thomastown, immediately behind the modern Catholic Church and north of the River Nore.[4]

History

The church was founded by Thomas FitzAnthony, a Cambro-Norman knight who was granted land here in 1215 by John, King of England and Lord of Ireland.[5] It belonged to Inistioge Augustinian Priory (est. 1210). It may also have had Dominican associations.[6] After the Reformation the nave was modified for use by the Anglican Church of Ireland. In 1809 the present Catholic church was built on the site of the south aisle.

Church

Thomastown Church was built as a nave and chancel with north and south aisles. The ruins today consist of the north aisle arcade (five arches with quatrefoil pillars, decorated capitals and clerestory) the west gable and a fragment of the crossing tower.

Other artefacts

The grounds also contain a 14th-century effigy of a knight and an Ogham stone from the 5th century which reads VEDDELLEMETTO MUCI LOGIDDEAS AVVI MUNICCONA, perhaps "Feidlimid son of Loigdeas grandson of Muinchon."[7][8][9]

References

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