Killaloan Church has an absolutely captivating laneway leading to its boundary wall and sandstone piers, its positioning also could not be much better with the River Suir close to its south and Slievenamon Mountain to its north. Though the church is a classic Board of First Fruits structure built between 1825 and 1827 the quality of the masonry throughout it is exceptional alongside the unusual mausoleums and headstones that dot the surrounding graveyard. The tower of the church has attractive crenelations and pinnacles, while the windows still maintain much of their wooden inserts despite the exposure to the elements. There are remnants of the tiled floor in the chancel which give further impression of how fantastic this Church of Ireland structure was in its heyday. The largest mausoleum is a very intriguing feature, and I have not come across something of its sheer size in Ireland to date. It was built to hold the remains of Sir Thomas Osborne of Newtownanner, whose remains have long been removed. It was broken into during the 1960s which led to the remains being moved. The mausoleum is exposed, and one can see its barrel vaulted ceiling and the resting niches from the entranceway, I chose not to venture in! A Catholic Church predated the Church of Ireland structure, but I could not see evidence of this. The graveyard does indeed have Catholic and Protestant burials divided I believe by a small hedge, a feature I’ve seen in several graveyards around Ireland.

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