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The Ruins of Valentines church can be found near the O’Dowda Castle (Enniscrone Castle) in Enniscrone.
Very little is known about it. Built in the style of the sixteenth century cut stone; it is called after the Rev. Thomas Valentine who was rector of the union of Frankford. He became rector in 1712 and died in 1765, aged 90. There is a tombstone set in the inner wall of the church, erected to his memory by the then Bishop of Killala (Church of Ireland) William Cecil Perry in 1781.
The Tombstoneon the inner wall of the church is written in Latin, and is described as “a perfect model of a parish minister” and showed great insight and charity in his bequests…“Six hundred pounds for the support of the distressed widows of the clergy of the diocese, and four hundred pounds for supporting a charity school and for apprenticing poor children”.
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