St Flannan's Oratory, Killaloe

Map Reference: R705729 (1705, 1729)

Beside Killaloe Cathedral is St Flannan's Oratory or Brian Boru's Vault. It is the nave of a small 12th Romanesque church, which has lost its chancel. It has a round-arched three-order west doorway. The capitals of the jambs have animal and foliage decoration.



The church has a barrel vault above which is a croft with a pointed corbelled vault. The croft is lit by a round-headed window in the west and an angle-headed window in the east. There is a plain chancel arch.



The nave has an angle-headed south window.