A few kilometres outside Roscrea, Monaincha Church was founded in the 12th century on the site of an earlier Christian settlement. It was then rebuilt in the 1940s, and today a west-facing high cross showing Christ in the long robes of Lucca pilgrims stands proudly nearby. A beautifully carved Hiberno-Romanesque doorway with a sandstone arch leads into the nave, where the chancel carries similar decoration. A sacristy was later added in the 1400s. Inside also houses the gravestones of the Birch family of nearby Birchgrove House, prominent distillers and brewers in Roscrea from the 1700s, who acquired exclusive burial rights at Monaincha Church as it was located on their vast estates.
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