Ballynafagh Church
| Ballynafagh Church | |
|---|---|
Teampall Bhaile na Faiche | |
 South wall and tower | |
  Ballynafagh Church | |
| 53°18′44″N 6°46′26″W / 53.31212°N 6.774°W | |
| Location | Ballynafagh, County Kildare, Ireland |
| Country | Ireland |
| Denomination | Church of Ireland |
| History | |
| Status | Closed |
| Founded | 1831 |
| Architecture | |
| Style | Gothic Revival |
| Construction cost | £900 |
| Specifications | |
| Capacity | 200 |
| Length | 16.5 metres (54 ft) |
| Width | 7.5 metres (25 ft) |
| Materials | Stone |
| Administration | |
| Diocese | Meath and Kildare |
Ballynafagh Church is a 19th-century church located in County Kildare, Ireland.[1] There is also an older medieval church on the same site.[2]
Location
[edit]Ballynafagh Church is located in northern County Kildare, about 3 km (1.9 mi) north of Prosperous, east of Ballynafagh Lake and Ballynafagh Bog.[3] The church lies in a rectangular enclosure in the middle of a wheat field.[4]
Buildings
[edit]Medieval church
[edit]Only the north wall and foundations of the east gable survive.[5] The ruin is in the southeast corner of the site.[6]
1831 church
[edit]A Church of Ireland structure built in 1831[7] in a Gothic Revival style with £900 from the Board of First Fruits.[8][9] It has a tall tower and each corner has sharp finials rising from four of the twelve buttresses. It ceased to be used in 1959 and was unroofed in 1985.[5] Entrances and windows have been bricked up.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Baile na Faiche/Ballynafagh". logainm.ie.
- ^ a b "Ballynafagh Church & Graveyard". 12 September 2014.
- ^ Past, Ed Hannon-Visions of the (17 September 2013). "Ballinafagh Church, Kildare, Ireland". Visions Of The Past.
- ^ "5 Hidden Gems in Kildare you Won't Find in a Guide Book".
- ^ a b "Ireland In Ruins: Ballinafagh Churches Co Kildare". 4 July 2014.
- ^ O'Donovan, J., O'Connor, T., O'Keeffe, P. (2002:207). Ordnance survey letters: letters containing information relative to the antiquities of the County of Kildare collected during the progress of the Ordnance Survey in 1837, 1838, and 1839. Dublin: Four Masters Press.
- ^ Cassell's Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland: Being a Complete Topographical Dictionary of the United Kingdom. (1899:141). United Kingdom: Cassell.
- ^ "Ballynafagh". The Irish Aesthete. 9 July 2016.
- ^ "Ballinafagh Churchyard Cemetery, Co. Kildare – Dying to Get In".