Teampall Deirbhile (An Fál Mór)
Coordinates: 54 ° 5 ′ 46.6 ″ N , 10 ° 6 ′ 26 ″ W.
Teampall Deirbhile ( English St Deirbhile's Church or Anglicised St. Derivla's ) is a Deirbhile by Inishkea consecrated medieval church in the townland An Fál Mór ( English Fallmore ) near the southern tip of the An Muirthead peninsula in County Mayo , Ireland . The church is one of the national monuments of Ireland under number 99A.
The church has a simple rectangular floor plan, the internal dimensions of which extend to approx. 12 m × 4.8 m. The masonry consists mainly of very large stones made of gneiss , which have been put together very precisely. Since this type of construction is also typical for Ireland's oldest churches, George Petrie initially suspected that the church was built during Deirbhile's lifetime in the 6th century. However, as Harold G. Leask has worked out, in the first phase of the Irish Romanesque period, various elements of the earlier construction were adopted and combined with Romanesque style elements. Characteristic of the early Irish Romanesque are the east window, which has only a very narrow opening but opens wide inward, and the passage in the west gable. In both cases, the opening at the top is closed on the outside by a single stone executing the round arch. In the passage there are reliefs with knot patterns on both sides of the upper section of the reveal , and the stone forming the lintel on the outside emphasizes the arch with a fine line pattern, which has suffered greatly from the weather. Based on this design, it is assumed that it was built in the 12th century, with Leask refining this to the period between 1120 and 1165.
The patronage links the Church notwithstanding, the early Christian period, so that definitely assumed an early Christian foundation in the place of the church, possibly a convent. Deirbhile of Inishkea is one of the most important local saints of the Barony of Erris, which also includes An Muirthead and the offshore islands of Inis Gé . She is said to have met Columban of Iona , to whom the founding of the early Christian monastery on Inis Gé is ascribed. Her feast day is August 3rd. In the ruined granite church there is a tall pillar stone and a shorter pillar stone leans against the outer wall, both with weak, incised crosses. The outer one is supposed to mark the tomb of the saint. To the northeast of the church is a small square structure called Deirbhiles Bed, which is considered her burial place. Further north is a sacred spring , also dedicated to Deirbhile , which is said to have healing properties.
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- ^ To Fál Mór. Retrieved June 20, 2014 .
- ^ National Monuments in State Care: Mayo. Retrieved October 24, 2016 .
- ^ A b George Petrie: The Ecclesiastical Architecture of Ireland . 2nd Edition. Hodges and Smith, Dublin 1845, p. 320-322 ( archive.org ).
- ↑ Harold G. Leask: Irish Churches and Monastic Buildings I . The First Phases and the Romanesque. Dundalgan Press, Dundalk 1955, pp. 88.158 .
- ↑ a b Peter Harbison : Guide to National and Historic Monuments of Ireland . Gill and Macmillan, 1992, ISBN 0-7171-1956-4 , pp. 247 .
- ^ Tomás Ó Carragáin: Churches in Early Medieval Ireland . Yale University Press, New Haven and London 2010, ISBN 978-0-300-15444-3 , pp. 92 .
- ^ A b Aubrey Gwynn , R. Neville Hadcock: Medieval Religious Houses Ireland . Longman, London 1970, ISBN 0-582-11229-X , pp. 387,403 .
- ^ Pádraig Ó Riain: A Dictionary of Irish Saints . Four Courts Press, Dublin 2011, ISBN 978-1-84682-318-3 , pp. 261 .
- ↑ a b Lord Killanin, Michael V. Duignan: The Shell Guide to Ireland . 2nd Edition. Ebury Press, London 1967, pp. 117-118 .
- ↑ Saint Deirbhle's Grave - Leaba Deirbhile. Retrieved June 20, 2014 .
- ^ Archeology. Ionad Deirbhile, accessed June 20, 2014 .