This stone-built church, Romanesque (12th-century) in date, is dedicated to St. Deirbhile. The W gable contains a slightly splayed, rounded-headed doorway, which appears to be original. A single, shaped stone serves as the head of the arch on each face of the doorway, and each stone is decorated with concentric semi-circular grooving, mirroring the round arch. On the external face, very weathered, indescipherable remnants of a decorative motif can be seen beneath the arc of incised grooves. There is a panel of decorative carving on a stone on the internal N side of the doorway. The carving is worn, but appears to be an interlace pattern. Four steps lead downwards from external ground level to the doorway, and a further three lead upwards from the doorway to the present ground level in the interior of the church; these steps post-date the church, and reflect changes in ground level over time.
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