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Donaghmore Church
Donaghmore Church, dedicated to St. Farannan, is an example of a Romanesque building of limestone with sandstone quoins. The church consists of a nave and chancel with architectural details carved into sandstone. The west doorway is decorated with roll mouldings, chevrons and flowering sceptres. Above the door, on the inner piers, is a tangential tympanum, on which was carved a cat with two tails, believed to be carved by the Gobaun Saer the celebrated and legendary stonemason.
The chancel, with its barrel vaulted ceiling, is lit by a round-headed single light. The nave is lit by small round-headed windows, with the outface cut from a single stone with external rebate and widely splayed interior. At the south wall of the nave, a series of quoins project from the wall face and are known as roof weepers or water spouts. A late 14th century grave-slab lies in the nave, broken into three portions. A portion of the sinister (left) side of the slab is missing. It is decorated with a three armed cross terminated with trefoils but no lettering is visible.
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