Ardskeagh Church

Ardskeagh Church is a medieval church and a National Monument in County Cork, Ireland.^[2]

Ardskeagh Church
Teampall Ard Scéithe
Ardskeagh Church
52°19′55″N 8°37′41″W / 52.331832°N 8.627986°W / 52.331832; -8.627986
Location	Ardskeagh, County Cork
Country	Ireland
Denomination	Catholic (pre-Reformation)
History
Dedication	Saint Michael
Architecture
Functional status	ruined
Style	Romanesque
Years built	12th century AD
Specifications
Length	14 m (46 ft)
Width	9 m (30 ft)
Number of floors	1
Floor area	125 m^2 (1,350 sq ft)
Materials	stone, mortar
Administration
Diocese	Cloyne
National Monument of Ireland
Official name	Ardskeagh
Reference no.	314^[1]

Location

The church is located 4.4 kilometres (2.7 mi) southeast of Charleville, to the south of the River Awbeg.^[3]

History

Local history claims that it is named for Saint Sciath, a virgin saint who founded a convent here in AD 550. The present stone church was built in the 12th century and dedicated to Saint Michael; it appears in the Papal Taxation of 1302. By 1591 it was abandoned.^[4] The church is currently in state guardianship as a National Monument.^[5][6]

Church

The doorway is round-headed, with arch crudely repaired. There is plain, square moulding.^[7]

References

1. "National Monuments of County Cork in State Care" (PDF). heritageireland.ie. National Monument Service. p. 1. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
2. "ARDSKEAGH, a parish". Libraryireland.com. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
3. "Ancient Parishes - Mallow Union of Parishes". Mallow.cloyne.anglican.org. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
4. "HISTORICAL AND TOPOGRAPHICAL NOTES" (PDF). Corkpastandpresent.ie. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
5. (PDF). Wcdp.ie. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 March 2017. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
6. "CORK County Development Plan" (PDF). Corkcocoplans.ie. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
7. "Ardskeagh". The Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain & Ireland. Retrieved 9 August 2017.