our lady s church

Our Lady's Church: Regarded by some as being the earliest church erected in the lower valley, Our Lady's Church stands somewhat isolated from the main group of ruins. For this reason it is thought, as was common in most Irish monastic cities, to have been specially for the use of women or nuns. St. Kevin himself is buried within the walls of this church and he was venerated here on his feast day (June 3rd) until the eighteenth century when religious persecution under the Penal Code forced the practice to come to an end.