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{{short description|Medieval church in County Limerick, Ireland}}
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| name = Collegiate Church of St Peter and St Paul, Kilmallock
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| native_name =Eaglais Choláisteach Naoimh Peadar agus Pól, Cill Mocheallóg
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| location = Orr Street, [[Kilmallock]], [[County Limerick]]
| country = Ireland
| denomination = [[Church of Ireland]]
| previous denomination = [[Pre-Reformation Catholic]]
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| dedication = [[Saint Peter]] and [[Paul of Tarsus|Saint Paul]]
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| functional status = inactive
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| years built = 1241
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| diocese = Limerick, Ardfert and Aghadoe
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The '''Collegiate Church of St Peter and St Paul''' is a medieval [[collegiate church]] and a [[National Monument (Ireland)|National Monument]] in [[Kilmallock]], Ireland.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://irishantiquities.bravehost.com/limerick/kilmallock/kilmallock_collegiate.html|title=Kilmallock Collegiate Church|website=irishantiquities.bravehost.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/proceedingsroya13acadgoog|quote=Collegiate  (Kilmallock.|title=Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy. Science|year=1905|publisher=The Academy|via=Internet Archive}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1_Y9AAAAcAAJ&q=Collegiate++%28Kilmallock&pg=PA560|title=Limerick; Its History and Antiquities, Ecclesiastical, Civil, and Military: From the Earliest Ages, with Copious Historical, Archaeological, Topographical, and Genealogical Notes|first=Maurice|last=Lenihan|date=31 October 1866|publisher=Hodges, Smith|via=Google Books}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QIBnAAAAMAAJ&q=Kilmallock|title=Calendar of State Papers, Domestic Series, of the Reign of Charles II: 1660-[1685]|first1=Great Britain Public Record|last1=Office|first2=Mary Anne Everett|last2=Green|first3=Francis Henry Blackburne|last3=Daniell|first4=Francis|last4=Bickley|date=31 October 2017|publisher=H.M. Stationery Office|via=Google Books}}</ref> The church is believed to have been built on the site of an ancient monastery.
==Location==
The church is located on the south bank of the [[River Loobagh]], to the north of Kilmallock's main street.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bravoyourcity.com/story/collegiate-church-of-saints-peter-paul|title=Collegiate Church of Saints Peter & Paul|first=Kerry Lee & Oisin|last=Joyce|website=www.bravoyourcity.com}}</ref>
==History==
The church was completed by 1241, on what was probably the site of an earlier monastery,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://visitballyhoura.com/index.php/2012/03/12/collegiate-church-kilmallock/|title=Collegiate Church, Kilmallock - Visit Ballyhoura|website=visitballyhoura.com|access-date=2017-10-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181215123953/http://visitballyhoura.com/index.php/2012/03/12/collegiate-church-kilmallock/|archive-date=2018-12-15|url-status=dead}}</ref> founded by Mocheallóg c. AD 600. A [[Irish round tower|round tower]] has its foundations here.  It was dedicated to [[Saint Peter|Peter]] and [[Paul the Apostle|Paul]] in 1410.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.limerickdioceseheritage.org/Kilmallock/CRKilmallock.htm|title=Churches of Killmallock|website=www.limerickdioceseheritage.org}}</ref>
The nave and transept were substantially altered in 1420 by Maurice Fitzgerald.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.megalithicireland.com/Kilmallock%20Collegiate%20Church,%20Limerick.html| title = Kilmallock Collegiate Church, Limerick}} </ref>  It became a [[collegiate church]] c. 1500.{{citation needed|date=January 2021}}
Carved tombs from the 16th century are visible in the south [[transept]].{{fact|date=December 2021}}
The building was partly destroyed by Cromwell and was roofless since 1657 according to [[Samuel Lewis (publisher)|Samuel Lewis]].{{fact|date=December 2021}}
The church remained in use by the local [[Church of Ireland]] until a 1935 fire.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=2620352|title=Find A Grave: Collegiate Church of Ss. Peter and Paul|website=www.findagrave.com}}</ref>
==Church==
In the northwest corner of the nave is a tower which incorporates the stump of a round tower from the early monastery. The church which is dedicated to Saints Peter and Paul consisted of a nave and chancel with a south transept.
It has three [[aisle]]s, a [[chancel]] and a north [[transept]]. There is a fine 13th century doorway in the south wall. The chancel has five [[Lancet window|lancet]] windows.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FF1aAAAAYAAJ&q=Church+of+St+Peter+and+St+Paul+%28Kilmallock&pg=PT507|title=The Antiquities of England and Wales Displayed: Being a Grand Repository of Elegance, Taste and Entertainment : Containing ... Descriptions of All the Most Remarkable Elegant and Magnificent Ruins and Ancient Buildings ... Embellished and Illustrated with a New and Elegant Collection of Picturesque Views and Representations ... to which are Added, Various Historical Descriptions, and Many Picturesque Views of the Principal Seats of the Nobility and Gentry : as Also a Display of Remarkable Antiquities ... of Scotland and Ireland ... &c. : Comprising Everything of Importance in the Works of Leland, Maitland ... &c. : and ... Every Article Worthy of Notice in that ... Work Published by Captain Grose ... with an ... Account of Doomsday-book ...|first=Henry|last=Boswell|date=31 October 1795|publisher=Alex. Hogg|via=Google Books}}</ref>
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File:Ceiling Detail, Collegiate Church of SS Peter Paul, Killmallock, Co. Limerick.JPG|ceiling
File:Arches, Collegiate Church, Kilmallock, Co. Limerick..JPG|Arches
File:Kilmallock Collegiate Church Doorway S 2007 08 08.jpg|Doorway with arch
File:Kilmallock Collegiate Church (3) - geograph.org.uk - 1391973.jpg|
File:High Cross and Arches, Collegiate Church, Kilmallock, Co. Limerick..JPG|
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==References==
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[[Category:Former churches in County Limerick]]
[[Category:Archaeological sites in County Limerick]]
[[Category:National monuments in County Limerick]]
[[Category:Former collegiate churches]]
[[Category:Collegiate churches in Ireland]]
[[Category:Kilmallock]]
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