The church’s history stretches back to at least 1622, when records describe it as being in poor repair and lacking a roof. Whether restored or completely rebuilt after that date, the building continued to serve the local community until 1795, when a new church was constructed in nearby Ballintra, leaving the old structure to gradually decay.

Today, only the western gable wall survives, standing 8.3 metres long and 1.2 metres thick, constructed from quarried blocks and rubble with small pinning stones. Modern repairs to the north and south corners have helped prevent total collapse, whilst a ragged opening in the upper section hints at where a window once brought light into the church. The surrounding graveyard, still in use today, contains intriguing fragments of the church’s medieval past; two dressed stone pieces rest at either end of a low grave mound, one showing late medieval moulding that likely came from a doorway, the other a window jamb fragment, both testament to the building’s former architectural dignity.

Archaeological excavations in 2013 revealed that this site’s religious significance extends far beyond the surviving church ruins. The discovery of a large oval enclosure and stone huts suggests this was once an early ecclesiastical settlement, adding another layer to the rich tapestry of Irish Christianity. The graveyard itself appears to have been larger in the past, and whilst time has claimed most of the church’s physical structure, the site continues to serve its community as a place of burial and remembrance, bridging centuries of faith and tradition in this corner of Donegal.