Templenagalliaghdoo
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Templenagalliaghdoo | |||||||||
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Templum Monialium | |||||||||
Teampall na gCailleach Dubh | |||||||||
54°03′16″N 9°15′49″W / 54.054360°N 9.263607°W | |||||||||
Location | Errew, Castlehill, County Mayo | ||||||||
Country | Ireland | ||||||||
Denomination | Catholic | ||||||||
Architecture | |||||||||
Functional status | inactive | ||||||||
Specifications | |||||||||
Length | 7.7 m (25 ft) | ||||||||
Width | 4.6 m (15 ft) | ||||||||
Number of floors | 1 | ||||||||
Materials | stone | ||||||||
Administration | |||||||||
Diocese | Killala | ||||||||
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Templenagalliaghdoo is a medieval church and National Monument in County Mayo, Ireland.
Location
[edit]Templenagalliaghdoo is located on a peninsula stretching into Lough Conn, immediately to the north of Errew Abbey.[1]
History
[edit]The name means "Church of the Black Nun."[2][3] This church was built on the site of a previous church founded in the 6th century; it may have been an oratory or nunnery.
Buildings
[edit]Templenagalliaghdoo is a small rectangular building with walls 50 cm thick and an entrance in the southwest, surrounded by a dry stone wall enclosure (17 × 23 m).[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Templenagalliaghdoo, County Mayo". earlychristianireland.net. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
- ^ "Holdings: Query re the origin of the name..." sources.nli.ie. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
- ^ "Teampall na gCailleach Dubh/Templenagalliaghdoo | Logainm.ie". logainm.ie. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
- ^ "Templenagalliaghdoo". irishstones.org. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
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