Ardfield’s Church of Ireland church was consecrated in September 1849 and decommissioned on 1 June 1960. Most of the materials were auctioned off and my grandfather, Sonny Nyhan purchased the roof timber for use on his farm across the road and built a hayshed with it the following year.

Researching for this, I found two images of the old church in a copy of the Ardfield Rathbarry Journaland after years of wondering about their origins, I realised there are three windows around the yard that came from the same church.