This otherwise plain and ruinous church has a very nice sheela-na-gig on the north jamb of the west (285°) window.
This side of the building is fenced off for safety reasons, but on the day I was here one panel of the fence was open.
The figure is quite weathered but still recognizable, though it lacks many of the usual features of a sheela-na-gig. Her face hasn't a scaring or creepy grin and her hands rest on her belly rather than touching in between her legs. Her breast is non-existing but her ribs are clearly visible. Her legs are straight and short with her feet pointing outwards. Between her legs there's a drilled hole like in the second sheela-na-gig at Shanrahan.
The figure is carved in bas-relief and measures 26 centimetres of height. It is about 3 centimetres thick, is at 2.95 metres from the ground and looks at the southwest (240°).
Inside the church there are two beautiful grave slabs against the north wall.
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