saint selskaars church wexford

St. Selskar's church was founded possibly by the Roche family for the Canons Regular of St. Augustine and dedicated to SS Peter and Paul. The name may be a corruption of the work 'Sepulchre' as tradition says that the church was founded by a lady who thought that her betrothed had been killed on a Crusade to the church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, and who joined the monastery she had founded.

When her intended returned from the wars alive, he found his bride already a nun, and retired to a monastery himself. John, Bishop of Ferns, held a synod here in 1240. In 1418 John Talbot granted the chapel of St. Nicholas of Carrig to the Priory. While founded in the 13th century, the parts of the nave which survive are of 15th century date, though the tower may have been built in the 14th century. The ruined church beside the tower was built in the 19th century.