GraveyardGrave YardDemesne
160 m NNWRO026-035002
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Cill Chaoimhín
Trinity Church (Kilkeevin)
He was baptised in this church. It is empty now.
National Inventory of Architectural Heritage · NIAH survey · © Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage. Reproduced for educational use with credit. · ark:/99999/c2trn
What is known at a glance
3things to find on the ground here
each one sourced
27monuments within 2 kmArchaeological Survey of Ireland
2026record checked2026-08-01
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From where you are standing, 3 things to find
- 01The three-stage castellated tower at the west end.
- 02Pointed windows with Y-tracery and diamond panes, and the stained glass.
- 03Ashlar gate piers and wrought-iron gates in the boundary wall.
Built in 1819 to a standard Board of First Fruits design — the pattern used across Ireland for Church of Ireland parish churches of the period.
The inventory records its current status in one word: vacant.
The parish is older than the building. Logainm gives its name as Cill Chaoimhín, the church of Caoimhín, and in 1938 three schoolchildren in Castlerea wrote down what they had been told about that church.
National Folklore Collection, University College DublinNational Folklore Collection, University College DublinNational Folklore Collection, University College Dublin
Seán Cribbin, of the Hanly Memorial school, wrote: St. Caoimhin is our local patron Saint. The Saint during his life time was remarkable for his holiness and he worked many miracles and built a fine church the ruins of which may be seen in Kilkeevin Graveyard.
National Folklore Collection, University College Dublin
Two sources disagree
Seán Cribbin, 1938: St Caoimhín himself built the church, and its ruins are in Kilkeevin graveyard.
National Folklore Collection, University College Dublin · checked 2026-08-06Esther Cooke, 1938: It is said that St. Patrick built a church in Kilkeevin and that he left a monk named Kevin in charge of the church and that is how it got it's name.
Two accounts written in the same town in the same school year, both testimony rather than record. We publish both and settle neither: what a place was told about itself is the thing being collected here.
Frank Kelly, of Caher, wrote that the chapel was destroyed by the Cromwellians, and that it had first stood on the east side of the Suck and was rebuilt on the west. He added that nobody then living, however old, could remember Mass being said in it.
The record · ark:/99999/c2trn
- The appraisal, verbatim:
The Holy Trinity Church, built to a standard Board of First Fruits design, is of social and historical value through its association with the first president of Ireland Douglas Hyde, who was baptised in this church.
- Surveyed date range 1815–1820. Cruciform plan, two-bay nave, transepts, vestry to the south-east.
Where this comes fromchecked 2026-08-01 · ClarityWeb, against the sources listed on this page
Where this is, and what is near it
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ChurchChurchDemesne
170 m NNWRO026-035001
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PlacesChurch of Ireland graveyard, the Demesne
180 m NNW
Marie McAleer · 2020 · CC BY-SA 2.0
PlacesCastlerea Courthouse
290 m NW
National Inventory of Architectural Heritage · NIAH survey · © Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage. Reproduced for educational use with credit.
PlacesBank of Ireland, Market Square
330 m NW
National Inventory of Architectural Heritage · NIAH survey · © Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage. Reproduced for educational use with credit.
PlacesCastlerea Market
340 m NW
Darren J. Prior · 2018 · CC BY-SA 4.0
PlacesSaint Patrick's Catholic Church
360 m WNW
National Inventory of Architectural Heritage · NIAH survey · © Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage. Reproduced for educational use with credit.
PlacesThe Old Bridewell
390 m NW
National Inventory of Architectural Heritage · NIAH survey · © Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage. Reproduced for educational use with credit.
65 yearsCastlerea Railway Station
440 m SSW
Phil Richards · 1985 · CC BY-SA 2.0
CastleCastlereagh HouseDemesne
570 m NNWRO026-028
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BridgeBridgeDemesne
590 m NWRO026-029
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RingfortRingfort - rathDemesne
660 m NWRO026-027
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QuarryQuarryDemesne
660 m ERO026-036
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CrossCrossHarristown
860 m SSWRO026-042
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EnclosureEnclosureDemesne
1.0 km NNWRO026-067
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RingfortRingfort - rathDemesne
1.1 km NNWRO026-030
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EnclosureEnclosureTermon More
1.2 km NNERO026-031
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RingfortRingfort - rathDemesne
1.2 km WNWRO026-026
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ChurchKilkeevin ChurchArm
1.3 km SWRO026-040001
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FordFordArm,Harristown
1.3 km SWRO026-041
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GraveyardBurying GroundArm
1.3 km SWRO026-040002
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Burnt moundBurnt moundHarristown
1.4 km SRO026-043
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Designed landscapeEmbanked enclosureDemesne
1.4 km WNWRO026-025
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ChurchChurchTermon More
1.5 km ENERO026-034
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