The medieval parish church that once stood here underwent significant alterations around 1622, when it was converted for Protestant worship during the plantation period. These modifications reflected the broader religious and political changes sweeping across Ulster at the time, as traditional Catholic parishes were reformed to serve the new Protestant communities established by English and Scottish settlers.

The church continued to serve the local Protestant congregation for 170 years until 1792, when a new church was built at nearby Manorcunningham. Today, visitors can still trace the outline of the old building’s foundations, though the most intriguing survivors from the medieval structure are three carved window fragments that have found an unusual second life. These Gothic stone pieces, carefully removed from the original church, were built into the gate piers at the entrance to the graveyard, serving as silent witnesses to the site’s ancient origins.

The graveyard itself remains in use, its old headstones recording the names of families who worshipped here through centuries of religious upheaval. The site exemplifies how Ireland’s ecclesiastical landscapes were repeatedly reimagined; from medieval Catholic parish church to Protestant place of worship, and finally to a quiet ruin where architectural fragments serve as puzzles pieces of a complex past. The Archaeological Survey of County Donegal notes these remains as particularly significant for understanding how older religious buildings were adapted rather than demolished during the Reformation period in Ireland.