Sheepstown Church

Sheepstown Church, near Knocktopher, County Kilkenny, now a ruin, is dedicated to Saint Muicín, a bishop and confessor who lived around the year 630. The building dates to the 12th or early 13th century, a period marking the transition from Ireland’s monastic church structure to a diocesan system. This makes Sheepstown Church a rare example of an early parish church, built well before the proli...