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BELTURBET, Church St, Church of Ireland
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A striking Church of Ireland church comprising of an evolved historic structure built on a site retaining vestiges of a seventeenth century fort and once the site of an O'Reilly castle. The tower was added to an earlier structure in 1814, while the main body of the church was rebuilt with the assistance of the Board of First Fruits in 1828, possibly reusing earlier elements. The church is a picturesque arrangement of elevational treatments varying in each orientation. The interior is richly articulated with a fine vaulted ceiling, three galleries and historic furnishings. The setting is richly enhanced with elaborate graves and a mausoleum using Graeco-Egyptian motifs. The church sits on a height in the town, is highly visible and an important part of the town's built heritage
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The church at Belturbet is a cruciform building, apparently of the early 17th century, on the highest point of the ridge occupied by the town. It was fortified in the Williamite wars, and remains of two diamond-shaped corner-redoubts may be traced in the graveyard. The site was not used in pre-Reformation times. The tower was added in 1814.
[The Churches of County Cavan, O. Davies, The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, Vol. 78, No. 2 (Dec., 1948), pp. 78-79 ]
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