Saint Eigneach's Church (Killegney)

Detached three-bay double-height Board of First Fruits Church of Ireland church, built 1825-7; consecrated 1827, on a rectangular plan originally two-bay double-height single-cell comprising two-bay double-height nave opening into single-bay double-height chancel (east) with pair of single-bay single-storey vestries centred on single-bay three-stage tower to entrance (west) front on a square plan. "Improved", 1834. Extended, 1906, producing present composition. Renovated, 1912, with interior "improved". Repaired, 1958. Pitched slate roofs with clay ridge tiles, cut-granite coping to gables including cut-granite coping to gable (east) on cut-granite "Cavetto" corbel kneelers with Celtic Cross finial to apex, and cast-iron rainwater goods on rendered eaves retaining cast-iron downpipes with cast-iron rainwater goods (east) on cut-granite "Cavetto" consoles retaining cast-iron downpipes. Fine roughcast battered walls; repointed "opus incertum" walls (east) on cut-granite chamfered cushion course on plinth with granite ashlar clasping buttresses to corners having cut-granite "slated" coping; rendered, ruled and lined surface finish to tower with cut-granite "Cavetto" stringcourse (bell stage) supporting cut-granite octagonal pinnacles centred on battlemented parapets having cut-granite "saddleback" coping. Pointed-arch window openings with cut-granite sills, carved timber Y-mullions, and cut-granite surrounds having chamfered reveals framing one-over-one timber sash windows without horns having cast-iron lattice glazing bars. Pointed-arch window opening to chancel (east) with cut-granite sill, timber Y-mullion, and cut-granite surround having chamfered reveals with hood moulding over framing iron mesh storm panel over fixed-pane fittings having leaded stained glass margins centred on leaded stained glass panels. Lancet window openings to "cheeks", cut-granite block-and-start surrounds having chamfered reveals framing iron mesh storm panels over fixed-pane fittings having leaded stained glass panels. Tudor-headed door opening to tower with cut-granite step threshold, cut-granite surround having chamfered reveals with hood moulding over framing replacement timber boarded or tongue-and-groove timber panelled double doors. Square-headed blind opening (second stage) with cut-granite surround having chamfered reveals framing rendered, ruled and lined infill. Pointed-arch opening (bell stage) with cut-granite sill, and cut-granite surround having chamfered reveals with hood moulding over framing applied timber mullion over louvered timber fittings. Interior including vestibule (west) with granite flagged floor; Tudor-headed door opening into nave with timber panelled door having overpanel; full-height interior open into roof "improved", 1912, with memorial baptismal font (1878) on an octagonal plan, carpeted central aisle between trefoil-detailed timber pews, pair of stained glass memorial windows (1884; 1901), chevron- or saw tooth-detailed exposed strutted King post timber roof construction with wind braced diagonal timber boarded or tongue-and-groove timber panelled vaulted ceiling in carved timber frame on carved timber cornice, Gothic-style pulpit on an octagonal plan with Gothic-style clerk's desk, and pointed-arch chancel arch framing encaustic tiled stepped dais to chancel (east) with wrought iron-detailed barley twist balusters supporting carved timber communion railing centred on tapestry-covered altar below stained glass memorial "East Window" (1881). Set in landscaped grounds with lichen-spotted cut-granite monolithic piers to perimeter having "Cavetto" stringcourses below domed capping supporting spear head-detailed wrought iron double gates.