Photo: Church Sign, Parish Church At Boher 2002 *********************************************** Ireland Genealogy Projects Archives Offaly (Kings) Index Copyright ************************************************ File contributed by: Judy ___ eldestdaughter@comcast.net August 16, 2010, 10:45 am CHURCH SIGN, PARISH CHURCH AT BOHER 2002 Source: Photographs Taken In 2002 Roman Catholic Parish Church at Boher, Parish of Lemanaghan [var.], Kings County, Ireland. Church History from sign: This Church stands on the site of a monastery founded by St Manchan before his death in the plague of 664. The oldest surviving remnants of this monastery are the grave slabs (9-10th Century?). The Church dates partly from the 12th or partly from the 15th century, and to the east is a stone building called 'the cell of St Manchan's mother'. The fine 12th century shrine of St Manchan is preserved not far away in the parish church at Boher.