The church on this site was probably founded with the arrival of the O’Neills around 1450, who built their castle at Glassdrummond. All traces of the pre-reformation church have now disappeared although it is likely that the O’Neill Vault was situated underneath the earlier church as the remains of a doorway was found during recent repairs.
This historic graveyard is the burial place of three eighteenth century Gaelic Irish poets: Art Mac Cooey, Pádraig Mac Aliondain and Séamus Mór Mac Murphy (poet and outlaw).
There is a picturesque area adjacent to the graveyard known as the Poet’s Gen where visitors can enjoy the 13 acres of grassland, sculpted garden and river