The Annals of the Four Masters record the burning of Kilbennen in 1114.[7] In 1148 they record the death of Ceallach Ua Domhnagain, "noble head of Cill-Beneoin."[8]
Some conservation work was done in 1880–81.[citation needed]
Ruins and monuments
Round tower with doorway visible.East gable window, now blocked up.
The limestoneround tower is badly damaged and stands 16.5 m (54 ft) tall at its highest point and 4.8 m (16 ft) in diameter. It has a sandstone doorway 4.56 m (15.0 ft) off the ground.[10]
Both gables are standing on the church. The east gable had a twin-light cusped ogee-headed window.[11]
A holy well is located to the northwest, where Bennin is said to have healed nine lepers.[12]
References
^"Kilbannon Church Ruins, Tuam".
^MacNeill, Máire (1 January 2008). The festival of Lughnasa: a study of the survival of the Celtic festival of the beginning of harvest. Comhairle Bhéaloideas Éireann. ISBN 9780906426104 – via Google Books.
^Association, Irish Tourist (8 April 2018). "Official Guide to Connacht". Irish Tourist Assoc – via Google Books.
^Ireland, Royal Society of Antiquaries of (8 April 2018). "The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland". The Society – via Google Books.
^"The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland". The Society. 8 April 2018 – via Google Books.
^"Kilbannon". dúchas.ie.
^"Part 22 of Annals of the Four Masters". celt.ucc.ie.
^"Part 25 of Annals of the Four Masters". celt.ucc.ie.
^Great Britain and Ireland, a Phaidon Cultural Guide. Prentice-Hall. 8 April 1985. ISBN 9780133637557 – via Google Books.
^Bourke, Ulick Joseph (8 April 1876). The Aryan Origin of the Gaelic Race and Language: The Round Towers, the Brehon Law, Truth of the Pentateuch. Longmans, Green. p. 408 – via Internet Archive. Kilbennen benignus.