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St. Dairbhile's Church is a medieval church and
St. Dairbhile's Church was constructed in the 6th century, although the current structure is from the 12th century.
According to legend, if someone can squeeze themselves through the west window three times, they will never die from drowning.
Legend tells us that in the 6th century St. Dairbhile (
National Monument
A national monument is a monument constructed in order to commemorate something of importance to national heritage, such as a country's founding, independence, war, or the life and death of a historical figure.
The term may also refer to a spec ...
in County Mayo
County Mayo (; ga, Contae Mhaigh Eo, meaning "Plain of the Taxus baccata, yew trees") is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. In the West Region, Ireland, West of Ireland, in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Conn ...
, Ireland.
Location
St. Dairbhile's Church is located 2.4 km (1½ miles) south ofAughleam
or Aughleam
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in the townland of Fallmore, on the Mullet Peninsula.
History
St. Dairbhile's Church was constructed in the 6th century, although the current structure is from the 12th century.
According to legend, if someone can squeeze themselves through the west window three times, they will never die from drowning.
Legend tells us that in the 6th century St. Dairbhile (Darbiled
Darbiled (Deirbhile, Dairbhile, Dervla) was an Irish anchoress and founder of Inis Cethig, fl. 575–600.
Darbiled is said to have been of the Ui Fiachrach dynasty of Connacht. Her father's name is given as Cormac mac Brecc, and had a brother ...
), a native of Meath, travelled to the Mullet Peninsula to escape an admirer. However, she was followed here, and gouged out her own eyes to make herself less attractive. When her horrified lover left, she washed her eyes in the waters of a well and her sight was restored. This is St. Deirbhile's Well, which is located nearby. A pattern takes place annually on 15 August.
Buildings
St. Dairbhile's Church is agable
A gable is the generally triangular portion of a wall between the edges of intersecting roof pitches. The shape of the gable and how it is detailed depends on the structural system used, which reflects climate, material availability, and aesth ...
d single-cell church, now in ruins. The church has a narrow ashlar
Ashlar () is finely dressed (cut, worked) stone, either an individual stone that has been worked until squared, or a structure built from such stones. Ashlar is the finest stone masonry unit, generally rectangular cuboid, mentioned by Vitruv ...
-lined, deeply-splayed east window with an arcuated
An arch is a vertical curved structure that spans an elevated space and may or may not support the weight above it, or in case of a horizontal arch like an arch dam, the hydrostatic pressure against it.
Arches may be synonymous with vault ...
lintel
A lintel or lintol is a type of beam (a horizontal structural element) that spans openings such as portals, doors, windows and fireplaces. It can be a decorative architectural element, or a combined ornamented structural item. In the case of w ...
, and a narrow west doorway with inclined jambs and arcuated lintel.
References
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