Apr 16, 2008
Categories: Town
Six miles (10 km) south-west of Bally-ragget, in a gap of the Slieveardagh Hills, is Freshford. A twelfth-century church was built here on the site of the original foundation by St Lachtain (died 622); though since rebuilt, a beautifully sculptured Hiberno-Romanesque doorway and porch remain.
Six miles (10 km) south-west of Bally-ragget, in a gap of the Slieveardagh Hills, is Freshford. A twelfth-century church was built here on the site of the original foundation by St Lachtain (died 622); though since rebuilt, a beautifully sculptured Hiberno-Romanesque doorway and porch remain. Read More
Apr 16, 2008
The west doorway of the church at Freshford, Co. Kilkenny, which dates from the early twelfth century, is a beautiful specimen of Irish Romanesque architecture. The arch is of three orders, and on each side of the spring of the outer arch is a curious carving, one of a horseman, the other of two figures. [...]
The west doorway of the church at Freshford, Co. Kilkenny, which dates from the early twelfth century, is a beautiful specimen of Irish Romanesque architecture. The arch is of three orders, and on each side of the spring of the outer arch is a curious carving, one of a horseman, the other of two figures. A church was built at Freshford in the seventh century by St Lachtain; this has entirely disappeared. St Lachtains Holy Well is still pointed out, it is ... Read More
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