The old church at Killadreenan was built in the latter part of the 12th century but was in all likelihood erected on the site of a previous wooden structure. The church is built on raised ground and surrounded by a ditch, this is a familiar trait of early churches built on pre-existing sites. The name Killadreenan is a loose translation of ‘The Church of the Thornfield’ and would have been a stop-off point on the pilgrim route to Glendalough. The Church is recorded as being in the possession of the Archbishop of Dublin Laurence O’ Toole in 1179, and appears to have been in use until at least the 17th century as a graveyard. All that remains of the church is the Nave and Chancel, with two small windows in the eastern and southern walls.
The 184 bus will bring you as far as Newcastle Hospital and it's a short walk from there. There is room for a couple of cars at the cache site itself.
Want to place your own church micro?
"The Church Micro IE series is open to everyone; if you have a church you would like to place a cache at then please contact THE_Chris through Geocaching.com. This is to keep track of the numbers of the churches and give you the general format for the cache page. In the UK there are thousands in the series so we have some catching up to do! Also, if you currently have a published cache at a church that you would like to include in the series, get in contact and we can add it."