donaghmore church

Little is known of the history of this church other than that it was dedicated to St. Farannan. The saint exiled himself from here to the Continent where he died at Waser on the Meuse in 982. the church consists of a nave and chancel, with finely ornamented west doorway and chancel arch.
,br> The door has good Romanesque decoration, a hood above it, and is said to have contained a tympanum with a cat with two tails (probably a lion). Above the chancel arch, which has well-preserved capitals, is the entrance to a small room above the chancel which was enterable from the nave of the church. The gables of the church are unusually complete, but the upper portions of the north and south walls were probably restored in the 16th century.