Templenagalliaghdoo
| Templenagalliaghdoo | |||||||||||
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| Templum Monialium | |||||||||||
| Teampall na gCailleach Dubh | |||||||||||
 Templenagalliaghdoo
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| 54°03′16″N 9°15′49″W / 54.054360°N 9.263607°WCoordinates: 54°03′16″N 9°15′49″W / 54.054360°N 9.263607°W | |||||||||||
| Location | Errew, Castlehill, County Mayo | ||||||||||
| Country | Ireland | ||||||||||
| Denomination | Catholic | ||||||||||
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| Functional status | inactive | ||||||||||
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| Length | 7.7 m (25 ft) | ||||||||||
| Width | 4.6 m (15 ft) | ||||||||||
| Number of floors | 1 | ||||||||||
| Materials | stone | ||||||||||
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| Diocese | Killala | ||||||||||
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| Official name | Templenagalliaghdoo |
| Reference no. | 308 |
Templenagalliaghdoo is a medieval church and National Monument in County Mayo, Ireland.
Templenagalliaghdoo is located on a peninsula stretching into Lough Conn, immediately to the north of Errew Abbey.
The name means "Church of the Black Nun." This church was built on the site of a previous church founded in the 6th century; it may have been an oratory or nunnery.
Templenagalliaghdoo is a small rectangular building with walls 50 cm thick and an entrance in the southwest, surrounded by a dry stone wall enclosure (17 × 23 m).
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