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Kilmallock Collegiate Church, dedicated to Saints Peter and Paul, was built in the 13th century. It was served by a college – a community of clerics, which differed from a monastic community in that it did not follow a monastic rule. One of the priests had responsibility for the liturgy within the church as well as for matters of business. The church has an aisled nave (the main part of the church where the congregations sat), a south transept with a fine 13th century door in the north wall, and a chancel (where the altar was sited) which served as a Church of Ireland parish church until recent times. In the 15th century the nave and transept were substantially altered. The circular tower attached to the west end of the church may contain part of an actual Round Tower from the 10th or 11th centuries, a remnant of the early monastery founded here by St Mocheallog in the 17th century. In 1600 the “Sugan” Earl of Desmond surrendered to the Crown in this church. A successor, James¸15th Earl of Desmond, attended a Protestant service here, an act which so greatly offended his subjects that they rebelled against him. |
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