South Church and graveyard, 2006North Church, March 2010North Church and graveyard, 2010Graveyard, March 2010
The Loughinisland Churches are the remains of three ruined churches in
Loughinisland,
County Down,
Northern Ireland, dating from the 13th to the 17th centuries. They are situated in
Tievenadarraghtownland, in a large graveyard on an island in Loughinisland Lake, now reached by a causeway.[1] The churches are state-care historic monuments at grid ref: J4234 4537.[2]
The island and its churches appear in medieval sources under the name Lerkes or Lyrge.
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Features
The North Church is 66.5 ft by 30 ft, the gables and most of the side walls are standing and a doorway in the west end has a narrow window above it.[6]
References
^Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland (1983). Historic Monuments of Northern Ireland. Belfast: HMSO. pp. 104–105.