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Kiltiernan Church

Ireland Kiltiernan East national monument of Ireland
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Kiltiernan Church is a medieval church and National Monument in County Galway, Ireland.

Kiltiernan Church is located 2.9 km (1.8 miles) south-southeast of Kilcolgan, east of Tullynafrankagh Lough.

There are no written records of Kiltiernan. It is believed to have been founded by a Saint Tiernan in the 5th century AD, with the surviving stone church dating to the 8th century.

A stone church with a flat-headed trabeate doorway, sloping jambs and single lintel ; and a chancel added later. The east window is triangle-headed and formed of two stones.

The enclosure covers 1.55 hectares (3.8 acres). The outlines of over 20 structures (mostly house-sites) can be discerned as mounds, and over 16 sub-enclosures.