Kilcroney Church, near Bray
Kilcroney Church is is a located west of the town of Bray in the North of County Wicklow. In 1992 recorded as in the grounds of the Brothers of St John of God in the townland of Kilcroney.
Kilcroney name derives from St. Croine, a virgin saint, who is commemorated on January 27th. The church is located on a plinth, which is suggested to have been part of an older church. In 1905 the church was recorded as measuring 33 by 18 feet, though it would appear it was originally longer. The church is built of large stones and the main features of the church is the doorway which was recorded as 6 ft. 2 inches high and 2 feet 6 inches wide, and had jambs formed of five stones on one side and four on the other side. In 1530 the church was in the possession of monks from St Mary’s Abbey in Dublin. 60 yards east of the church is St Croines Well. Close to the church in an easterly direction was a 26 ft high cross , which could be accessed across the road from the Church.
Bibliography
Turner, Kathleen If you seek Monuments, A guide to the antiquities of the Barony of Rathdown, Rathmichael Historical Society.
Scott, Canon George Digby The Stones of Bray, Cualann Publications, Bray, 1984
Harbison, Peter Guide to national and historic monuments of Ireland, Gill and MacMillan, Dublin, 1992.
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