St. Cronán's church (Tuamgraney)
St. Cronán's church in Tuamgraney ( Irish Tuaim Gréine - German "grave mound of Grian" ) dates from the 10th century and is one of the oldest churches in Ireland that is still in use . The village of Tuamgraney is located at the intersection of regional roads R 352 and R 463, about two kilometers south of Scarriff in east County Clare in Ireland. The church now houses the East Clare Heritage Center (a cultural center).
The church was named either after "St Crónán", after the annals Bishop of Nendrum Monastery , but more likely after "Cronan Mochua" (St. Crónán of Roscrea), who was bishop in Roscrea and died in 637 or 640 in Tuamgraney. An abbot Cormac O Killeen, whom the annals do not associate with the place, is said to have renewed the destroyed western front in 969 AD. The church is also associated with a renovation by the Irish high king Brian Boru , who is from the area and died in 1014. The redesign of the eastern front took place in the 12th century.
The relief above the huge lintel at the top of the eastern gable is said to represent St. Cronán, who founded the first monastery here before 550 AD. Some Romanesque fragments in the church may come from an abandoned church near Killaloe .
The church is not identical to the Temple Cronan in the Burren .
The great menhir of Callaghy stands west of Tuamgraney, north of the Croaghrum River and 200 m southwest of a pair of stones. The vertically divided stone is located in a garden fence next to the road and measures 2.2 m in height, 1.2 m in width and 0.8 m in thickness at the base.
literature
- Peter Harbison: Guide to National Monuments in the Republic of Ireland . Gill & Macmillan, Dublin 1970, ISBN 0-7171-0758-2 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Annals of Tigernach and Annals of Ulster
Web links
- Short text engl. and picture (last accessed on December 10, 2012)
- Menhir of Callaghy (English)
Coordinates: 52 ° 53 '48.1 " N , 8 ° 32'22.3" W.