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06 Sept 2025

Church for sale in Kilkenny with asking price of just €25k!

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Saint Nicholas Church, Killamery, County Kilkenny

ASKING PRICE: €25,000

This is a once off opportunity to acquire a de-consecrated former Church of Ireland building which is now in ruins.

Located just off the Clonmel/Kilkenny Road (N76) at Killamery.

Killamery is a tiny scenic village in Kilkenny which contains many historic treasures.

Saint Nicholas Church was built in 1815 in the grounds and graveyard where Saint Gobhan established a Monastery in AD 632.

The shared graveyard contains a fine 9th Century sandstone Celtic High Cross.

Saint Nicholas Church ceased to be used for public worship in 1903 and is a protected building.

To the north of the Saint Nicholas Church property being offered for sale and contained within the shared boundary wall, is a small stream and beyond is the slightly elevated Roman Catholic cemetery where the High Cross is also located.

This cemetery is an active one and the whole area has been very well maintained by local relatives.

It is also visited by tourists interested in Irish history and the areas beautiful scenery.

Any future purchaser of Saint Nicholas Church will be contractually obliged to grant right of way to all visitors to the graveyard and High Cross. 

For more details, click here.

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