skreen church

An older church existed on the site which was dedicated to St. Columba, and there was once a shrine to him here (hence the name, from Latin Scrinium, a shrine). Around 1175 Adam de Fajpo was granted the land and built another church whose tithes he brought with him when he joined the Cistercian Abbey of St. Mary's in Dublin around 1185. the present church was founded around 1341. It has a nave and chancel, and a tower at the western end of the church.

The north doorway retains some of its architectural decoration, while there is the representation of a bishop over the 14th or 15th century south doorway. The tower, which was probably built in the 15th century, houses the fragments of an undecorated baptismal font and a tomb-slab. To the north-east of the church stands a medieval cross with a crude representation of the Crucifixion on its west face. Nearby is the decorative grave-slab of Walter Marward dated 1611.