Kilcroney Church

There may have been an earlier wooden church on the site, dedicated to Saint Cróine, an obscure female saint of the 5th century.^[4][5]

The stone church was built in the 11th century, and the pre-Norman patrons were either the Uí Briuin Cualann or the Ó Ceallaigh of Uí Teigh. In the Norman period, Kilcroney is mentioned in records of 1280, 1285 and 1305. It later returned to Gaelic Irish possession when the Ó Tuathail (O'Tooles) took over the area.^{[citation needed]}

In 1533, it was mentioned that Kilcroney was a chapel of the larger local church at Stagonyll (Powerscourt). Other records claim it was a possession of St. Mary's Abbey, Dublin.^{[citation needed]}

The church was extended in the late medieval period, and in the modern period there has been some restoration, with the walls being propped up.^[6][7]

The church is rectangular in shapewith walls of sandstone, granite and shale blocks. The southern wall holds a granite lintel and round-headed window.