A monastery at Lemanaghan (Liath Manchán) was founded in the 7th century by Manchán whose feastday falls on the 24th of January. In the centre of the graveyard (OF015-004004-) are the ruins of a multi-period rectangular church (ext. dims. 19.4m E-W x 7.5m N-S) which can be seen from different wall construction and straight joint visible at the W and E end of the N wall. Conservation works were carried out on the church between 2002-06 by Margaret Quinlan Architects. The first stone church was built around the 10th/11th century as a small single cell structure (dims. c. 9m by 7.5m). In the 12th century the church was extended by 3.4m to the west and a Romanesque doorway was constructed. The W gable has a partially destroyed triple ordered Romanesque doorway consisting of three rounded columns of limestone with scalloped capitals and simple decorated round bases with leaf shaped spurs. Only one column on the S side survives to full height with scalloped capital on top (recently destroyed).
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