churches historical cushendall

Layd served as the parish church for the Cushendall area from the medieval period until the later 18th century. The medieval church, traditionally dedicated to St. Kieran, and formerly roofed with thatch, is a simple, long rectangle in shape, to which a tower - still retaining the imprint of its original wicker shuttering on the ground-floor vault - was added sometime around the 16th century.

The church and adjoining cemetery was traditionally one of the burial places of the MacDonnel...

A Franciscan foundation, Layde was a parish church from 1306 to the end of the 18th century. Chief burial place of the MacDonnells after Bonamargy. Free access always. A mile north of Cushendall via footpath on coast road to Torr Head, signposted....