Kilteel – How Relics Are Lost (1961)
The Leinster Leader of 2 September 1961 included an interesting short article on the ruined church at Kilteel, County Kildare. It can be read here Kilteel – How Relics are Lost It is attributed to B.J.K.B. and it highlights the stone carvings and other features at the ruins at Kilteel that H.G. Leask, Inspector of National […]
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