Location: In Mungret village. This ruin is the first you will meet by the roadside.
OS: R 554384 53942
Longitude: -8.6745697
Latitude: 52.635060
Description and History: This church is dedicated to St. Nessan, the founder of the whole site at Mungret and his feast day is celebrated on the 25th July. This church is pre-Norman it is likely to be the oldest church on the site. The window in the E gable is 12th century in date and was put in after the original building of the church. The church is a little over 12m in length and a little under 7m in width. The splayed doorway with the large lintel is a sure sign of pre-1100 Irish architecture.
I feel on the my original visit to the site I did not give this enough attention. I would definitely like to go back to explore this again.
Difficulty: This church is right by the roadside and couldn’t been easier.
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| It is wedged between the main road and a private house, so it is hard to get decent pictures of it. |
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| The later inserted window. |
