A winter’s sunset reflected on the west front of St Mary’s Collegiate Church, Gowran, County Kilkenny. Built in the 13th century on the site of an earlier monastery, it was served by a community of clerics unattached to any particular area. Post-Reformation, this part of the building fell into dereliction but in the 1820s the tower and chancel were extensively restored for use by the Church of Ireland.
Amazing lighting!
Is this not The West Front?
I am confused, and it is an age since I was there, but I thought that the (un-aisled) Chancel – with the East End – had been in Anglican use, while the aisled Nave, with the West Front, had remainded a ruin.
The perfect light…