9th C. Round Tower, Swords, Co. Dublin
All that remains of a 14th century church is the square belfry. The site of the old church being rebuilt upon by the Church of Ireland in 1811.
10th C. – Ratass Church, Tralee, Co. Kerry
A National Monument, a sandstone church was erected here in the 10th century. It served as the episcopal seat of a diocese in Kerry from 1111 to 1117,
1100 – St. Farannan’s Church – Donaghmore, Co. Tipperary
Medieval church consisting of a nave and chancel with a finely detailed doorway and chancel archway. The doorway has good Romanesque detail as does the chancel arch capitals.
1134 – Cormac’s Chapel, Rock of Cashel, Co. Tipperary
Cormac’s Chapel, consecrated in 1134, is the most important building on the Rock of Cashel, from an architectural point of view.
1140 – Monaincha Church, Co. Tipperary
Sited on a hill surrounded by a drained lough and now a bog, the current nave-and-chancel church was built by the Augustinians in 1140.
1190 – St Audoen’s Church of Ireland, High Street, Dublin
This is one of the oldest existing churches in Dublin. A Norman church to St Ouen was built here in 1190 to replace an earlier structure dedicated to St Colmcille.
11th C. – Cathedral, Glendalough, Co. Wicklow
The largest church in Glendalough, it has a nave and chancel as well as a sacristy. The lower portion of the nave wall,
1200 – St. Doulagh’s Church, Balgriffin, Co. Dublin
The oldest part of the church as it stands is medieval, dating from the 12th century, and believed to have been home to a small monastic settlement.
1207 – San Miniato, Florence, Italy
Construction on this church, one of the finest examples of pure Florentine Romanesque architecture, first started in 1018, thanks to Bishop Ildebrando,
1220 – Collegiate Church of St Mary, Youghal, Co. Cork
St Mary’s Collegiate Church is one of the oldest churches in the country and occupies a site devoted to religious worship since early Christian times.
